Why DC Doesn’t Think Stephen Colbert Is Funny Why DC Doesn’t Think Stephen Colbert Is Funny
As Colbert showed at the House immigration hearing, when he’s in character, he’s really about Washington’s character.
Sep 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan
For Jobs, Justice and Education For Jobs, Justice and Education
For nearly two years, the loudest and most insistent voices in American politics have been on the extreme right. At the One Nation, Working Together march, this is going to ch...
Sep 24, 2010 / Benjamin Todd Jealous and Deepak Bhargava
A Necessary Luxury A Necessary Luxury
A father councils his son to find work he's passionate about, after losing his own job as a in a bank buyout.
Sep 20, 2010 / Adam Zobel
Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act
In different ways, both the neocons and the unions are demanding that the Obama administration take strong action to punish, isolate and sanction China.
Sep 16, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
In Memoriam: Ella May Wiggins, Southern Labor Activist In Memoriam: Ella May Wiggins, Southern Labor Activist
When the lens is turned on Southerners, it's often the ignorant ones, like Pastor Terry Jones, that we see. That makes it doubly important to remember the brave radicals, like 1920...
Sep 14, 2010 / Ashley Sayeau
Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here Sorry, Kids, No Jobs Here
A million and a half teenagers were unemployed this summer and didn't want to be. What does that mean besides less spending money for teens? Plenty.
Sep 2, 2010 / Liz Shuler
The UAW Hits the Streets The UAW Hits the Streets
Bob King, the new UAW president, has dusted off the union and renewed its activist traditions.
Sep 2, 2010 / John Nichols
This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions This Labor Day, No Holiday for Unions
Unions are in trouble. But if only we'd listened to them more often in the past, America wouldn't be in the predicament it's in now.
Sep 1, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Doing Green Jobs Right Doing Green Jobs Right
Activists in Boston shape energy policy through new community-labor alliances.
Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Amy B. Dean
AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending
An interview with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker on Big Banks and a new approach to prevent home foreclosure.
Aug 19, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel