Fast Food Workers Striking in Seattle Fast Food Workers Striking in Seattle
Seattle is the seventh city in eight weeks where fast food workers have gone on strike.
May 30, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Walmart Workers Launch First-Ever ‘Prolonged Strikes’ Today Walmart Workers Launch First-Ever ‘Prolonged Strikes’ Today
Workers are on strike in Massachusetts, the Bay Area and Miami, and plan to strike at least until June 7.
May 28, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Justice for Patriot Mineworkers? Justice for Patriot Mineworkers?
What's happening in St. Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war, but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play.
May 23, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Jamie Dimon Escapes Shareholder Censure—For Now Jamie Dimon Escapes Shareholder Censure—For Now
Using familiar Wall Street tactics, JPMorgan Chase rigged the rules in his favor. But the movement for corporate accountability lives on.
May 22, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein
Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service
Social media companies say consumers’ loss of privacy is just the cost of doing business. But what would happen if they actually had to bargain with users on equal footing?
May 22, 2013 / Ari Melber, Woodrow Hartzog, and Evan Selinger
Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo for One Reason: You Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo for One Reason: You
Yahoo isn’t buying the blogging service for its profitability. It’s buying it for the advertising possibilities.
May 21, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today Hundreds of Non-Union Workers With Taxpayer-Supported Jobs Plan to Strike Today
A new study says nearly 2 million workers with taxpayer-supported jobs make $12 per hour or less.
May 21, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Cashing In On Breast Cancer Awareness Cashing In On Breast Cancer Awareness
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intentioned exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.
May 16, 2013 / Rose-Ellen Lessy
Fast Food Strikes Hitting Fifth City: Milwaukee Fast Food Strikes Hitting Fifth City: Milwaukee
Hundreds of fast food and retail workers are expected to join the work stoppage, making Milwaukee the fifth city in the strike wave.
May 15, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money
Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.
May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer