Hall of Fame Shut-Out Hall of Fame Shut-Out
A conspiracy of management cronies is blocking 91-year-old union pioneer Marvin Miller from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jul 22, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Reform Comes to the Boardroom Reform Comes to the Boardroom
Corporate America needs the discipline of democracy to help rid it of some very bad habits. And shareholder activists are pushing the SEC to shore up their rights.
Oct 2, 2006 / Feature / Kelly Candaele
A Moral Minimum Wage A Moral Minimum Wage
The Democrats should start framing economic justice as a moral issue.
Dec 6, 2004 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Union Makes Its Bed Union Makes Its Bed
On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees--all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE--walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their...
Oct 7, 2004 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Where Are the Jocks for Justice? Where Are the Jocks for Justice?
Cultural changes and lucrative endorsements may explain a drop in activism.
Jun 10, 2004 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
A Watershed Strike A Watershed Strike
The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.
Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice
In Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge was forced to view his own death in order to gain some self-awareness of his life as the epitome of cruelty and selfishness.
Dec 23, 2002 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Housing: An LA Story Housing: An LA Story
Two years after a tragic accident, activists are celebrating a major victory.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
LA’s Progressive Mosaic: Beginning to Find Its Voice LA’s Progressive Mosaic: Beginning to Find Its Voice
When members of the LA janitors' union decided to go on strike this past April, their success was far from guaranteed.
Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele