On #GivingTuesday, Giving’s Never Been Easier or Cheaper for Global Corporations On #GivingTuesday, Giving’s Never Been Easier or Cheaper for Global Corporations
The massive corporations taking part in Giving Tuesday aren’t anonymous. They want positive pr, and for that they deserve serious scrutiny.
Nov 30, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure Meet the Mayor Who’s Using Eminent Domain to Fight Foreclosure
The fearless Gayle McLaughlin of Richmond, California, has taken on Chevron and big banks on behalf of taxpayers and underwater homeowners.
Nov 20, 2013 / Laura Flanders
TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima TEPCO’s Risky Operation at Fukushima
Why are so few talking about the radiation threat soaring the Pacific?
Nov 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders
De Blasio in New York: If You Can Do It Here De Blasio in New York: If You Can Do It Here
A non-billionaire mayor, backed by labor with a budget of $72 billion to dispense? It’ll be worth watching.
Nov 8, 2013 / Laura Flanders
‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About ‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About
The acclaimed documentary turns an compassionate lens on a complicated, multi-faceted issue.
Nov 5, 2013 / Laura Flanders
We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps We Need a Robin Hood Tax—Not Cuts in Food Stamps
The richest 400 Americans are worth just over $2 trillion dollars, and yet we're still cutting food stamps.
Nov 1, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Anyone for a Real Inform Act? Anyone for a Real Inform Act?
It was early, but for a moment I thought I was reading something important in an ad in The New York Times. Someone was paying attention to our nation's teetering imbalance! (No...
Oct 25, 2013 / Laura Flanders
California Governor Signs Domestic Worker Bill of Rights California Governor Signs Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
Early Thursday afternoon on the West Coast, Governor Jerry Brown tweeted a message: “Today, I signed a bill to help California’s domestic workers.”
Sep 26, 2013 / Laura Flanders
With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor? With New Protections for Domestic Workers, What Is Next for Big Labor?
Concerted pressure from labor, “alt-labor” community, women’s, immigrants, seniors and disability rights groups made change happen after eighty years. A pledge by...
Sep 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council
Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance, makes history as a newly-elected member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Sep 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders