Esther Kaplan | The Nation

The Secretary of Labor has hired a crew of smart and savvy deputies to enforce the nation's labor laws.

Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice have rusted.

The business lobby declares war on the Employee Free Choice Act.

SEIU battles the California Nurses and dissidents within its own ranks.

This week marked Workers Memorial Day, when unions and advocacy organizations held memorials and protests to honor those who have died on the job.

David Horowitz's Islamofascism Awareness Week hits the already beleaguered campus.

Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers
are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed
legal landscape.

Brazil defies Bush's AIDS policy.

Click here for info on Kaplan's With God on Their Side: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy, and Democracy in George W. Bush's White House (New Press).

The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.