In These Times

Hyatt Continues Catching Flack over Fired Boston Workers

By Emily Udell Hyatt's efforts to woo fired housekeepers back have been mostly unsuccessful, with only six taking… more

High-Class Hotels in San Fran Face Cascade of Walkouts

By Emily Udell Workers at a luxury hotel in San Francisco walked off the job today, beginning a… more

Stronger Workplace Democracy for Airline and Rail Industries?

By Emily Udell A rule proposed by the federal National Mediation Board Monday could go a long way… more

Hotel Owner Bans Spanish—And Workers Fight Back

By Emily Udell Change your name and don’t speak Spanish. These are the appalling directives a proprietor of… more

In America’s ‘RV Capital,’ Another Blow for Workers

By Emily Udell Poor Elkhart. Thousands of workers in the northern Indiana town known as a RV manufacturing… more

On Columbus Day, Workers Challenge N.H., Calif. Governors

By Emily Udell It was an eventful Columbus Day for state workers on both sides of the country.… more

John Deere Workers Sign Major Deal Barring Factory Closures

By Emily Udell A contract affecting some 9,500 workers and 17,000 retirees at the world’s largest farm machinery… more

A Survivor’s Story of Trafficking and Slavery

By Emily Udell When Mimin came to the United States from Indonesia, she expected to work as a… more

Maintenance Workers Fight for Lost Wages in Chicago

When Eladio Perez and Roberto Jacinto were hired by the Builders Center of Chicago, they agreed on an… more

Carnival Guest Workers Win Back Wages, Better Living Conditions

A recent settlement between Dreamland Amusements and its workers aims to send a message to carnival operators: exploitation… more

Older Unemployed Workers Marginalized in Recession

While catching up on the news coverage of workers’ issues on Labor Day, I ran across a couple… more

Workers Take Fight to Wells Fargo, but Police Turn Them Away

Workers from a Quad City factory who are fighting Wells Fargo for unpaid wages and benefits were turned… more

Finally, Good News for Workers: AT&T, Unions Reach Deals

The largest employer of union labor in the country reached an agreement this weekend with some 10,000 of… more

Bill Would ‘Professionalize’ Gang Intervention Workers

Leaders in Los Angeles announced this week a plan to introduce legislation that would create standards for those… more

Tough Times Threaten Day Labor Centers

When the housing market crashed and burned, Arizona was among the hardest hit states in the nation. And… more

In the Big Easy, Workers’ Advocates Fight for Wage Theft Law

David Moberg recently blogged on this site about efforts to crack down on wage theft at the federal… more

Anti-Poverty Conference Works to Build ‘Unsettling Force’

The first ever joint conference between the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign and the Social Welfare Action… more

No Legal Relief for Coal Miner Suffering Black Lung

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an eastern Kentucky coal miner charging that the… more

Hospital Flacks Spread Fake News

Journalists' groups are concerned about broadcast outlets using video news releases produced by pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers more

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Your Flat Screen Has (Greenhouse) Gas

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Selling Out Grandma

In late 2007, the investment firm The Carlyle Group purchased one of the country's largest nursing home chains despite… more

vol. 32, iss. 02    corporations, medical & health

Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community more

vol. 31, iss. 12    activism, lgbt, russia

Putting the IRS to Political Use?

A recent audit of Greenpeace at the behest of Public Interest Watch raises some eyebrows

vol. 30, iss. 05    government

The Gossip

"To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart." This pearl of wisdom from Marjane Satrapi's grandmother… more

vol. 29, iss. 14    middle east

Where Are the Women?

What Washington Post editor Zofia Smardz dubbed “Opiniongate” began when columnist and commentator Susan Estrich sent a letter to… more

vol. 29, iss. 12    gender, media

Keeping the Faith

Even after a two-day snowstorm pummeled Chicago in late January, the parking lot of the Trinity United Church of… more

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Recapturing Kansas

How did conservatives win the heart of America? That is the question Tom Frank explores in his bestselling book… more

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Imperial Amnesia

Gore Vidal on America’s current imbroglio more

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Pink Bloque Party

“2 Cute 2 B Arrested” blazed across the cotton candy–colored sweatshirts of the members of the group Pink Bloque… more

vol. 28, iss. 12    activism, gender, social justice

Profile: Prometheus Radio Project

Despite an early victory, the court battle between the Federal Communications Commission and media reform advocates, the staff of… more

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