Economy & Labor

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a new labor focused strategy for reeling in the African American vote.

In today's On the News segment: Shell Oil has been drilling in the Arctic since Sunday despite documents revealing problems with its blowout response systems, casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson …

"If it does not prevail, you can be certain that the template for the attack on the union will be carried out across the country against other teachers’ unions …

The 30,000-strong Chicago Teachers Union strikes for the first time in a quarter century.

J.H. Marten's masterful prose tells the story of teachers in this country, and the great divide that threatens education as a whole.

Richard Wolff interviews Max Fraad-Wolff on Apple Corp's mixed picture as capitalist

Barry Eisler illustrates the warning signs of a journalist's demise, the things that let readers know when those we look to for the truth have been compromised.

We Detroiters are now entering a period of turmoil that is quite different in character from the devastation of the last 40 years. The crisis we find ourselves in …

The Democratic National Convention kicks off this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hacktivists working within the group

Having risked his life marching for the right of all Americans to vote, Lewis reflects on the ongoing struggle for voting rights today, when 16 states have passed restrictive …