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Economy & Labor
Rev. James Lawson: Our Country is Based on Plantation Capitalism
Civil Rights veteran, Rev. James Lawson describes what he believes labor is up against:
Salvatore Babones | Unprecedented Inequality: The Top 1% Captured 95% of the Income Gains Since 2009
Salvatore Babones: The economy is growing, but most workers are left behind.
Modern Chaos and the Pleasure of Hidden Greek Treasures
Greece in 2013 is an occupied country. But there's no occupation army anywhere in Greece. Yet the occupation is as real as if barbarians were at the gates.
Sarah Jaffe: The Best and Worst of Times for American Workers
Sarah Jaffe joins The Laura Flanders Show to discuss the exciting movements taking place within labor.
Dear Mr. Dolan (Where the Papers At?)
Cablevision workers from Brooklyn ask CEO James Dolan: Where the papers at?
Dear Mr. Dolan (Where the Papers At?)
Cablevision workers from Brooklyn ask CEO James Dolan: Where the papers at?
Black Unemployment 50 Years After the March on Washington
The 1963 March on Washington was billed as a march for Jobs and Freedom.
Greg Palast: Potential Fed Chair Summers at Heart of Global Economic Crisis
Greg Palast has obtained a secret memo revealing Larry Summers was involved in deal that helped setup the global economic crisis.
Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores
Juan Gonzu00e1lez discusses his reports for the New York Daily News about how one of the New York Cityu2019s fastest-growing chains of charter schools, Success Academy, has far higher …
This Labor Day, What’s the State of the Unions?
Michael Winship interviews In These Times reporter Mike Elk about trends in organized labor and the decline of labor reporting.