Low prices or livable wages? Let's discuss
My brother read my recent article on income inequality and asked me a question that I think is more generally at play in the debate: "Won't the costs of increasing the minimum wage simply be passed on to consumers?"
Goodbye Columbus, welcome Indigenous People's Day
I hope my kids will be able to go to school and hear the truth of what happened to our people.
Asleep at wheel: Carriers profit from trucker training mills
A recent New York Times editorial urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to stop "dawdling" on issuing federal regulations for truck driver training.
This is what I see when I drive
As I drive along, I notice the landscape is ever changing. Walmarts and dollar stores sprout from empty lots.
Education and low-wage jobs: Time to change the narrative
Rather than asking individuals to increase their value, we need to transform how we as a society value the work individuals do.
Asking wrong questions about Ebola (and other things)
Slamming the door against the main victims of imperialist exploitation is impossible; microbes know no borders.
Climate change, militarism, and the 2014 elections
I was struck by the incredible breadth and grassroots depth of this sea of humanity streaming through the streets of New York. A mass movement has emerged!
Sorry, Wall Street is closed today!
Clad in shades of blue to illustrate the wave of action to come, the activists of Flood Wall Street gathered first at the tip of Manhattan in Battery Park for a rally, teach-in, and breakfast.
The 2014 midterm elections: Fear and promise
Progressive measures would improve our country for future generations while bringing well paying jobs to our communities.
History shows that joblessness among Native Americans can be lowered
During the 1930s, thousands of Native Americans were employed on reservations under a separate division of the CCC in developing natural resources on reservations across the country.
