Salvini used his coalition partner, the Five-Star Party, to seize opportunities to show off his cruelty and recruit support based on cruelty. Recently he decided it was time to dump the partner and have another election, after which he hoped for absolute control. However, the other parties put together a coalition and there will probably not be an election.

He remains dangerous, but at least he won't be able to look so tough.

New York City raised the minimum wage for restaurant workers, and right-wingers said this would cause restaurants to fail — but they are doing very well.

US citizens: call on your congresscritter to cosponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

If you sign, please spread the word!

One of the ways Israel inflicts suffering on Palestinians in Gaza is by limiting electricity there. Israel just cut it in half.

Many US schools require students to lock their phones into a pouch during the school day.

This seems to be a good thing, as far as I can tell from the article, but it doesn't do the whole job. It ought to block the phone's radio reception and transmission, so that the phone can't track the students' movements in school. It should also block sound; otherwise any phone can keep listening to the whole class, if its software has been remotely modified to do that.