New Yorkers play their part in national upsurge
The New York labor movement and its allies are playing an important role in the national upsurge against GOP bills targeting public workers but more broad unity and support is needed to advance progress.
Korean film explores employee and employer relationship
The essential relationship between employee and employer is explored in this outstanding allegory/soap opera.
War is not the answer for Libya
President Obama needs to stand up against the warhawks, by moving toward a quick cease-fire in Libya.
A 21-year-old signs up to recall Glenn Grothman
As nervous as I was, I knew in my mind that I was doing something very positive. Signing the recall petition gave me a sense of pride, something I hadn't felt in a long time.
Jobs and the 2012 election
The GOP has awakened a working-class giant, which is standing front and center and declaring proudly, "We are one nation."
The people of Japan are in our hearts
We extend our deepest sympathy and solidarity to the people of Japan in the unfathomable tragedy that is still unfolding, and we think about the wider implications.
"Broken Glass": What it means to be a Jew in America
Arthur Miller is our very own American Shakespeare. Broken Glass is one of Miller's lesser-known works - it ran only 73 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1994, although it was Tony-nominated - and is probably this Jewish playwright's most Jewish play.
Republicans push guns on campuses
The Republican Party in several states is hell bent on getting more guns into the hands of school kids, including, ridiculously enough, in Arizona.
Make Wall Street pay
A statewide coalition of union and community groups in Connectticut has formed to demand that Bank of America contribute its fair share to the state's economy.
Your mailman talks about St. Patrick’s Day and workers who vote Republican
St. Patrick's Day marks the 41st anniversary of the Great Postal Strike of 1970. The key to our dismal conditions then was this: we had no collective bargaining rights.
