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Labor advocates, progressive lawmakers feel embolden on expanding overtime pay

by Kate Walter | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Longtime progressive lawmakers and labor advocates are hopeful that the Biden administration will be more emboldened to expand overtime pay rules in the coming months after a recent Supreme Court ruling in an employment law case and if the president’s new...

Labor leaders say unionization is key to ensuring racial equity in the workforce

by Julia Narvaez Munguia | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Black labor leaders and workers discussed the importance of centering unionization efforts to ensure job quality for workers across the United States on Tuesday. Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said President Biden has been the most pro-union...

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STATE OF THE UNION 2018

Medill on the Hill teamed up with Northwestern News Network in Evanston to produce a package of stories covering President Barack Obama's seventh and final State of the Union address. The two newsrooms collaborated across time zones to produce a three-hour broadcast and more than a dozen print and digital reports. Check out our broadcast here.

CYBERSECURITY

In a series of investigative reports, Medill on the Hill reporters uncovered threats to privacy and security in the digital age ranging from the safety of your online campaign donations to how computer hacking could impact food safety.