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?"
Asking wrong questions about Ebola (and other things)
Slamming the door against the main victims of imperialist exploitation is impossible; microbes know no borders.
Economic spin doctors
It's easy to feel you are being pressured against your instinct to accept a miserable marriage when listening to many economics pundits trying to be "upbeat" about the economy.
Ray Rice and his enablers: why men must speak out
Think about it: before Goodell as well as Ravens coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens officials saw this new tape, what did they think had transpired on that elevator?
Norman Hodgett, 82: Fighter for peace, economic justice, and equality
Activists are mourning the loss of Norman Hodgett, who died in New York August 9. He leaves behind his beloved Kathy Rutkowsky and countless friends and comrades.
For Native rights, equality and voice in labor movement: Council FIRE
Native Americans deserve a chance at the American Dream. If any group of people is left behind, then we all lose.
Football trademark decision suggests path to bring back outsourced jobs
On June 18, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six registered trademarks which it had previously granted to the Washington football team for its name.
NBA made the right call on banning LA Clippers owner
The NBA does not have to allow that man or anyone else who does what he did to be the public face of professional basketball in LA.
After Supreme Court decision, "Being Black at U of M" just got harder
In my first political science class at U of M, I quickly realized I was only one of a handful of African American students in a lecture class of 200.
Labor stalwart Lonnie Nelson dies at 83
She was 83 years old and was active in the people's movements and in her Communist Party club until stricken by a stroke a few days before her death, Feb. 12.
