Cleveland rallies for Employee Free Choice
As part of a growing grassroots movement, over 100 community and labor activists rallied for the Employee Free Choice Act in Cleveland Public Square March 30th. The event, one of 44 “Resistance and Recovery” actions held nationwide by the Jobs With Justice coalition during the week of March 27 – April 4, was also sponsored by the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor.
Letter from the Fargo flood This tragedy has given the word community a deeper meaning
FARGO, N.D. — Living one block from the Red River here puts me on the front line of the flood.
As joblessness soars, call goes out for food stamp justice
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Empty store windows line downtown streets in this old mill town, the birthplace of our country’s industrial revolution.
Tips for safe travel during pregnancy
Many women have concerns about the safety of traveling during pregnancy, but just because you’re expecting doesn’t mean that you can’t go on vacation. Although the middle of your pregnancy—weeks 14 through 28—is the best time to travel, women can travel safely until a few weeks before their due date in many cases.
Student week of action focuses on Employee Free Choice
This week, Jobs with Justice’s Student Labor Action Project (SLAP) kicks off a week of action in support of the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and the freedom to form unions and bargain cooperatively to create a strong economy.
Geithner's plan will tax Main Street to make Wall Street richer
The new consensus among the experts who missed the housing bubble (EMHB) is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to subsidize the purchase of junk mortgages and their derivatives will help alleviate the stress on the banking system. That's good news.
Let spy laws fade into the sunset, group urges
NEW YORK, Mar 30 (IPS) - One of the nation’s leading legal rights groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to make major changes in the USA Patriot Act to reverse parts of the hurriedly passed law that have been found unconstitutional or have been abused to collect information on innocent people.
John Hope Franklin: an appreciation
John Hope Franklin, the author of academic and popular works of African American history over six decades, passed away last week at the age of 94. More than any other U.S. scholar, he advanced the study and teaching of African American history in U.S. universities in the second half of the 20th century.
American Idol helps me dream big
There is just something about watching live singing competitions on national television that gets you hooked. American Idol this year has me tuning in week after week.
100,000 voters sign pledges backing Obama 2010 budget
WASHINGTON—Organizing for America (OFA) volunteers went door-to-door in all 50 states March 28 and collected more than 100,000 signatures on pledges of support for President Obama’s 2010 Budget.
