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Union Organizers Still Fired With Impunity
Los Angeles, California - When a private employer, like the Los Angeles Film School (LAFS), decides to fight the efforts of its workers to form a union, there is …
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Lessons of Ohio
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has drawn some important lessons from last week's election in Ohio that repealed a state law severely limiting the collective bargaining rights of public employees. …
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A Retro-Rocketship to the Future: Corporate Education Reform Blasts Off in Silicon Valley
Rocketship is blasting off in Silicon Valley, with great fanfare – and no, it’s not a new tech start up, propelled by the genius of another 22-year old wunderkind …
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You Are Where You Live
“You must leave your home and go forth from your country. The children of Buddha all practice this way.” — The thirty-seven Bodhisattva Practices My friend and …
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The People’s Surveillance State
Police pepper spray students at a UC Davis demonstration on Friday, November 18. (Screengrab: OperationLeakS - Click here for video) In the aftermath of September 11, there …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Walker Recall Proponents Receive Death Threats, and More
In today's On the News segment: Walker recall proponents receive death threats, new study shows elderly working far into retirement, supercommittee talks collapsed over the weekend, and more. …
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Cain (3)
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Corporations Pushing Bill to Take Away Overtime from Computer and Web Workers
Apparently unsatisfied by the enormous profits they’ve made while average Americans suffer in a difficult economy, corporations are pushing Congress to enact a new law that would exempt a …
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National Lawyers Guild Files FOIA Requests Seeking Evidence of Federal Role in Occupy Crackdown
With Congress no longer performing its sworn role of defending the US Constitution, the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the Partnership for Civil Justice today filed requests …
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Senator Sanders, Ordinary Americans #OccupytheSuperCommittee
Days after the tents were ripped out of Zucotti Park in New York, hundreds of Americans brought the fight for the 99% to the nation’s capital on Thursday with …