A new Gallup survey finds that Americans' outlook on the job market is increasingly pessimistic. The negative shift may seem incongruous with the low unemployment rate, but the findings likely reflect an ongoing hiring drought. Just 28% of workers in a quarterly Gallup survey conducted in the last part of 2025 said now is a "good time" to find a job, with 72% saying it is a bad time. Those figures are a sharp reversal from just a few years ago, in mid-2022, when 70% said it was a good time. Pessimism is especially pronounced among young people and college graduates.
Half Moon Bay is moving forward with repealing both its rent control ordinance and its rental registry program, councilmembers decided in a co…
By tomorrow, some of this may change, who knows. News cycles are moving too fast for everyone, but here we go.
Democrats are pushing new tax-cut plans to ease voters' affordability worries and blunt Republicans' advantage on the issue. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland proposes ending federal income tax for many people earning about $46,000 or less. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker backs a plan that wipes out tax on the first $75,000 of income. Democrats say simple tax relief sells better than complicated credits. Critics warn these plans drain money for restoring funding for Medicaid and other priorities. Analysts also say benefits can tilt toward higher earners and add to deficits.
The head of the International Energy Agency says the global economy faces a "major, major threat" because of the Iran war. Fatih Birol told Australia's National Press Club in Canberra on Monday that the crisis in the Middle East has had a worse impact on oil than the two oil shocks of the 1970s combined, and a worse effect on gas markets than the Russia-Ukraine war. Israel launched a new wave of attacks early Monday against Tehran. Iran renewed strikes on its Gulf neighbors and threatened to start hitting their power plants.
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Most farmworkers in the United States today aren't represented by labor unions, but United Farm Workers is known by many as their voice. Roughly 60 years after its founding by César Chavez and other activists, the UFW remains a political force in California and beyond, though observers debate its effectiveness. The organization is now publicly grappling with allegations that Chavez sexually abused girls and one of the movement's cofounders, Dolores Huerta. The UFW says the scandal won't derail its mission to advocate on behalf of those hired to grow the country's food.
