Widening Concern for Public Workers Widening Concern for Public Workers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died in Memphis where he was showing support for the right of public employees to organize and strike. We remember this, during a time when public...
Jan 13, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Violence of the Broken Economy The Violence of the Broken Economy
A lot of people have talked this week about violent political rhetoric bringing the US to a fever pitch, but there's something else keeping people on edge: that's economic catastro...
Jan 12, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves
On the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake—it's hard not to think about how we turn up, or not, for the ones we love.
Jan 11, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Children Becoming Collateral Damage Children Becoming Collateral Damage
Christina-Taylor Green was nine years old. She was born on September 11, 2001. She died on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, along with a federal judge and four others in a shooting targe...
Jan 10, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Leaving the People Out of the Debate Leaving the People Out of the Debate
It's not just the unemployed we don't tend to see on US TV. Take public workers. They're in the news every day, but it's not actually them. It's people talking about them.
Jan 6, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Constitutional Lessons For the New Congress Constitutional Lessons For the New Congress
Republican lawmakers who read the Constitution out loud as their very first act in the new Congress better bask in their Tea Party glow because they're certainly not going to be fe...
Jan 5, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Trading Jobs for More of the Same Trading Jobs for More of the Same
The Clinton years analogies have been coming fast and furious since the midterm elections and Obama's self-described “shellacking.” But today's administration see...
Jan 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Public Workers Getting Snowed Public Workers Getting Snowed
The snow is mostly melted after a near-record storm immobilized much of New York for nearly four days last week. But before non-New Yorkers gloat -- beware -- the Big Apple's storm...
Jan 3, 2011 / Laura Flanders
What We Mean When We Say States’ Rights What We Mean When We Say States’ Rights
This week sees the 150th anniversary of the secession of South Carolina—the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. And of course, the anniversary brings with it the predictable rep...
Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill
Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...
Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders