Laura Flanders

Contributing Writer

@GRITlaura

Laura Flanders is the author of several books, the host of the nationally syndicated public television show (and podcast) The Laura Flanders Show and the recipient of a 2019 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship.

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

We’ll march for jobs as well we should, but where do I line up for the march for leisure?

Aug 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

How low-wage food service workers are serving up justice.

Aug 14, 2013 / Feature / Laura Flanders

Whose Right? Whose Ground?

Whose Right? Whose Ground? Whose Right? Whose Ground?

Juror B37 told CNN that fear in the “heat of the moment” made the shooting of Martin an act of self-defense. But Ziimmerman’s heated moment was short. Trayvon Mar...

Jul 18, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Marry The Movement!

Marry The Movement! Marry The Movement!

SONG, Southerners on New Ground, reacted to the decisions from the Supreme Court this week by releasing what they call their ‘love song’ to their friends and allies in ...

Jun 27, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal

Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal

AFL-CIO President Trumka asks new labor activists for help as a strike looms.

Jun 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Justice for Patriot Mineworkers?

Justice for Patriot Mineworkers? Justice for Patriot Mineworkers?

What's happening in St. Louis doesn’t look like a coal-field war, but the same things are at stake: reciprocity, respect, fair play.

May 23, 2013 / Laura Flanders

A ‘New Era’ of Labor Creativity and Defiance?

A ‘New Era’ of Labor Creativity and Defiance? A ‘New Era’ of Labor Creativity and Defiance?

The name of one Chicago business-turned-cooperative reflects burgeoning possibilities for the American labor movement.

May 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders

FEMA Denies Housing Co-Ops Sandy Relief

FEMA Denies Housing Co-Ops Sandy Relief FEMA Denies Housing Co-Ops Sandy Relief

It’s time we update our definition of “home” so that co-ops aren’t just “small businesses.”

May 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders

New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago

New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago New Era Windows Opens for Business in Chicago

Tired of their lives in other people’s hands, window makers started a co-op.

May 9, 2013 / Laura Flanders

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too

The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.

May 7, 2013 / Laura Flanders

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