Domestic Workers Face Rampant Harassment on the Job, With Little Protection

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[Donate Now]( [Domestic Workers Face Rampant Harassment on the Job, With Little Protection]( Sheila Bapat, Truthout: Domestic workers in the US have been sexually assaulted and raped since the days of slavery -- a horrific trend that continues today with the sector's largely immigrant work force. While some states have passed legislation to protect these workers, only a federal domestic workers' bill of rights can help ensure domestic workers are uniformly protected throughout the country, advocates say. [Read the Article]( [A 100 Percent "Dynasty" Tax Would Achieve All the GOP's Tax Reform Goals]( Benjamin Hackett, Truthout: It is possible to achieve all of the GOP's stated policy goals of tax reform, such as growing the economy and the middle class and providing tax relief to working families. Rather than abolishing the dynasty tax, increasing it to 100 percent would raise hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue by encouraging spending rather than hoarding by the very rich. [Read the Article]( [Tillerson and Trump Wreak Havoc at State: It's a Right-Wing Tradition]( Heather Digby Parton, Salon: Over the past four days, Rex Tillerson's dismantling of the Department of State has been making headlines. This has been a recurring theme in the political press for a while, but it seems to have reached critical mass as more and more career diplomats are leaving or being squeezed out. The administration is turning the US into a superpower without competence or moral authority. [Read the Article]( [Janet Yellen and Barack Obama's Economy Is Looking Good]( Dean Baker, Truthout: As Congress debates plans to give even more money to the country's richest people, it is worth briefly recounting where the economy is now, before we feel the effects of any tax plan. Basically, it is a pretty good story. [Read the Article]( [Extreme Digital Vetting of Visitors to the US Moves Forward Under a New Name]( George Joseph, ProPublica: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is taking new steps in its plans for monitoring the social media accounts of applicants and holders of US visas. At a tech industry conference earlier this month, ICE officials explained to software providers what they are seeking: algorithms that would assess potential threats posed by visa holders in the US and conduct ongoing social media surveillance. [Read the Article]( ["The Nuclear Enterprise Is on Autopilot": A Conversation With Nuclear Expert William Hartung]( Janine Jackson, FAIR: When it comes to nuclear weapons, according to William Hartung, all the talk you hear about strategic considerations driving proliferation -- how to look tough with North Korea, and so on -- is a distraction from what's really going on. If you want to know why the US keeps churning out nuclear warheads, follow the money. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [Mosque Attack Comes as Egypt Faces "Wave of Repression" on Political Freedoms]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: At least 305 people were killed in an attack on a crowded Sufi mosque in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Friday that officials are blaming on a militant group linked to ISIS. Egyptian president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has vowed revenge and launched multiple airstrikes he says were targeting militants fleeing the attack. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [Native People and Allies Pledge to Stop Keystone XL]( Judith LeBlanc, Campaign for America's Future: In Lower Brule, South Dakota, elected tribal officials, spiritual leaders, Native grassroots organizations, youth groups and traditional women's societies have gathered with non-Native farmers, ranchers and others affected by the Keystone XL pipeline. [Read the Article]( [What If? An Alternative Strategy for 9/12/2001]( Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch: What kind of a world might we now be in if George W. Bush and his top officials had taken a path of restraint rather than pursuing global war, invasion and conquest in response to the 9/11 attacks? What would such a path have looked like -- and how could it have changed the US's relationship with the rest of the world? [Read the Article]( [The Tax-Cut Weapon in the GOP's One-Sided Class War]( Nicole Colson, Socialist Worker: The Republican tax plan is a weapon of mass destruction. It fits in with a wider neoliberal offensive, shifting wealth to the already rich and superrich at the expense of working-class and poor people. [Read the Article]( [Want to strengthen Truthout and help us plan for the future? 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