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Alexia Fernández Campbell

Alexia Fernández Campbell

Former Politics & Policy Reporter

    Latest articles by Alexia Fernández Campbell

    Politics
    A record 35,000 federal workers have filed for unemployment this monthA record 35,000 federal workers have filed for unemployment this month
    Politics

    The shutdown is hardly a vacation for furloughed employees.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    “Federal workers are people, not pawns”: hundreds protest shutdown in Senate building“Federal workers are people, not pawns”: hundreds protest shutdown in Senate building
    Politics

    Government employees and contract workers said they’ve stopped paying their bills.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    The LA teachers strike may be over. Here’s the tentative deal.The LA teachers strike may be over. Here’s the tentative deal.
    Politics

    Teachers would get a pay raise and smaller classes after their week-long strike.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    The US economy added more than 300,000 jobs in December — double the number expectedThe US economy added more than 300,000 jobs in December — double the number expected
    Politics

    And thousands of people quit their jobs to find new ones.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    The GOP tax bill only gave workers 2 cents more per hour in bonusesThe GOP tax bill only gave workers 2 cents more per hour in bonuses
    Politics

    US companies got about $54 billion.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    Government shutdowns hurt poor families and low-paid workersGovernment shutdowns hurt poor families and low-paid workers
    Politics

    President Donald Trump should not be proud.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    How the federal courts have failed victims of sexual harassmentHow the federal courts have failed victims of sexual harassment
    Politics

    Federal judges have developed a narrow view of what behavior is bad enough to be illegal.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    A judge just blocked another effort to raise wages for restaurant workers in DCA judge just blocked another effort to raise wages for restaurant workers in DC
    Politics

    It all came down to a legal technicality.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    Amazon workers in New York just announced their plan to unionizeAmazon workers in New York just announced their plan to unionize
    Politics

    “We are not robots, we are human beings.”

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell
    Politics
    The hypocrisy of Trump’s immigration agenda is getting harder to ignoreThe hypocrisy of Trump’s immigration agenda is getting harder to ignore
    Politics

    The president doesn’t want Central American immigrants in the United States. Unless they work for him.

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell

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