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
Rotten Apples, Core Values Rotten Apples, Core Values
Profits are booming, but Mott's is demanding benefit cuts. Workers are fighting back.
The Unemployed Netroots Are Gaining Power The Unemployed Netroots Are Gaining Power
There are people who have been unemployed for six months and there are some who have been unemployed for 99 months or more. Congress should watch out for the 1.5 million unemployed...
Jul 29, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
The Grinches Who Stole Summer The Grinches Who Stole Summer
With their lock-step vote against extending unemployment benefits, the Republicans are indelibly marked as not only heartless but also frivolous.
Jul 21, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Slide Show: Firestone’s ‘State Within a State’ in Liberia Slide Show: Firestone’s ‘State Within a State’ in Liberia
For over 85 years, Firestone’s massive rubber plantation in western Liberia has operated as a state within a state, not only serving as the second largest employer in a count…
Jul 19, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Move Your BIG Money Move Your BIG Money
New York City union leaders are threatening to move their pensions to alternative financial institutions if big banks continue to just say no to Obama's mortgage modification progr...
Jul 15, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Year of Which Women Again? The Year of Which Women Again?
So it's “the year of the women" in the media again. But again, it's only some.
Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders