Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act
In different ways, both the neocons and the unions are demanding that the Obama administration take strong action to punish, isolate and sanction China.
Sep 16, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
In Memoriam: Ella May Wiggins, Southern Labor Activist In Memoriam: Ella May Wiggins, Southern Labor Activist
When the lens is turned on Southerners, it's often the ignorant ones, like Pastor Terry Jones, that we see. That makes it doubly important to remember the brave radicals, like 1920...
Sep 14, 2010 / Lived History / Ashley Sayeau
AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending
An interview with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker on Big Banks and a new approach to prevent home foreclosure.
Aug 19, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Unemployed Netroots Are Gaining Power The Unemployed Netroots Are Gaining Power
There are people who have been unemployed for six months and there are some who have been unemployed for 99 months or more. Congress should watch out for the 1.5 million unemployed...
Jul 29, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
The Year of Which Women Again? The Year of Which Women Again?
So it's “the year of the women" in the media again. But again, it's only some.
Jul 8, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The SEIU Andy Stern Leaves Behind The SEIU Andy Stern Leaves Behind
His single-minded pursuit of growth alienated allies. Did it produce the gains he promised?
Jun 16, 2010 / Feature / Max Fraser
The Pain of FauxFeminist Populism The Pain of FauxFeminist Populism
Are monied women now running for office going to put their tight-fist fiscal conservativism or their faux feminism first?
Jun 10, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
ROC vs. the NRA ROC vs. the NRA
Hit hard by the recession, America's restaurant workers are fighting for a fair deal.
May 12, 2010 / Feature / Spencer Woodman
Labor to Harvard: Which Side Are You On? Labor to Harvard: Which Side Are You On?
The AFL-CIO's new president warns that members of the academy should make common cause with the justifiable anger among working people.
Apr 12, 2010 / William Greider
Californians March into the Heartland Californians March into the Heartland
Holding the budget hostage while state unemployment tops 12 percent, California growers and their political allies have slashed funding for schools and social services. The March f...
Mar 17, 2010 / David Bacon