1912 Textile Strike Credit: Public Domain
Over at the LA Times, David Lazarus asks "Does organized labor have a future?" He notes that standards of living like job
Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets in cities and towns across the country yesterday. In New York City, where the movement began last September, a large coalition of
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Newt Gingrich is expected to formerly drop his bid for president, now expected Wednesday, May 2nd.
President Obama will officially launch his reelection campaign on
No on Prop. 29 (or Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending) Proponents/Funders: Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, and more. Complete list can be found here.
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Yesterday in Sacramento marked the 2012 California State Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit. This annual event features discussions on key issues and current policy proposals that affect California’s Asian
In 2010, I supported Proposition 25 which was sold to the voters as a way to make Legislators accountable for passing a balanced budget. Prop 25 said essentially if the
The reason for the focus on Dr. Paul is because his bid acts as a textbook example of how an insurgent candidacy successfully challenges party establishment.
Kymberly Bays, on the
What little commentary we've seen from the media on Ron Paul's silent coup presently underway in the Republican Party has focused mostly on its implications for
A push to incite nationwide protests on Tuesday, May 1st went unheeded, for the most part. Organizers hoped to get American students and workers, across the country, to take the
Recently at AlterNet, Marshall Auerback published an article that discussed a bill introduced by Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. The Rebuild America Act would, among other things, raise the federal
Governor Romney promises to “nominate judges in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito.” The most striking thing about the list is who isn’t
Much of what we take for granted in the workplace is the result of ferocious labor vs. management battles from about 1880 to 1940. This includes the 40 hour work
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