How Players Won the NFL Lockout How Players Won the NFL Lockout
Make no mistake about it: the owners lost.
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / David Meggyesy and Dave Zirin
Class Struggle on the Court Class Struggle on the Court
The National Basketball Association lockout isn't about losses. It's about breaking the union.
The Wired World of Sports The Wired World of Sports
The general public is a lot more knowledgable about matters of sports labor issues, and everything else, than it was a decade ago.
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Will Leitch
Obama’s Bad Bargain Obama’s Bad Bargain
Take a dollar from working stiffs who need government, take a dollar from the super-rich who don’t need a tax break. How fair is that?
Jul 27, 2011 / Editorial / William Greider
Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory
After an eighteen-week standoff, the NFL players' unanimously voted to approve an agreement that promotes player health and safety.
Jul 27, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
How America Could Collapse How America Could Collapse
Supply chain shocks have already led to shortages of videotape and auto parts. Could food or medicine be next?
Jul 27, 2011 / Matt Stoller
Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory Dave Zirin: The Resolution of the NFL Lockout Is a Labor Victory
After an eighteen-week labor standoff, the National Football League players' union has unanimously voted to approve an agreement that promotes player health and safety.
Jul 27, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security
This phony debt crisis has now passed through the looking glass into the realm where madness reigns.
Jul 27, 2011 / Robert Scheer
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste) The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Why Were Minority Households Hit Harder by the Recession? Why Were Minority Households Hit Harder by the Recession?
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses the widening wealth gap between minority and white households.
Jul 26, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room