Another Victory for Resistance: Restaurant Workers Win Settlement From Star Chef Another Victory for Resistance: Restaurant Workers Win Settlement From Star Chef
Score another victory for resistance. After thirty-one workers sued his acclaimed restaurant Del Posto, celebrity chef Mario Batali has agreed to a $1.15 million settlement.
Sep 27, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Chris Hedges and Larry Gibson: ‘Days of Destruction’ [VIDEO] Chris Hedges and Larry Gibson: ‘Days of Destruction’ [VIDEO]
Larry Gibson, a leader of the fight against mountaintop removal, died Sunday. One of his last appearances is in Chris Hedges’s and Joe Sacco’s new book, Days of Destruc...
Sep 12, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Why Strike? Hear It From a Chicago Teacher (VIDEO) Why Strike? Hear It From a Chicago Teacher (VIDEO)
Twenty-six thousand teachers and school staff are expected to join the picket lines in Chicago Monday. Why?
Sep 10, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Moms Discriminated Against at the DNC? Moms Discriminated Against at the DNC?
While Democrats are effusing over the Mom-in-Chief, it’s worth noting that a branch of NOW is currently petitioning Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stop discrimi...
Sep 5, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Labor Day Message: We Can’t Labor Without Our Lives Labor Day Message: We Can’t Labor Without Our Lives
More work, less pay, longer hours, slimmer chances to advance; the message is coming up: the place of struggle is the workplace, but it’s also everywhere else.
Sep 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders
The Bushwomen. They’re Back. The Bushwomen. They’re Back.
Condoleezza Rice is at the RNC, Christine Todd Whitman is in the New York Times. GOP women have a long history of cynicism.
Aug 30, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Romney’s Unabashed Lies Are Political Gold, So Why Stop? Romney’s Unabashed Lies Are Political Gold, So Why Stop?
The GOP presidential campaign is flat-out lying about Obama’s welfare record, and it’s working like a charm.
Aug 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders
‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan ‘Poem about My Rights’: Todd Akin, Meet June Jordan
Todd Akin, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan all have me thinking of June Jordan’s great “Poem about My Rights.”
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Bill Moyers: For Campaign Cash, TV Gives Back Nothing Bill Moyers: For Campaign Cash, TV Gives Back Nothing
The campaign season earns local television stations enormous sums of money. What should they give back?
Aug 14, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video) Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video)
Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing a class action suit that accuses him of racism in law enforcement. Is Arpaio the only problem? Another problem is the federal governmen...
Aug 7, 2012 / Laura Flanders