Eight Lessons from History to Help Make Sense of Today’s Madness
By Abby Scher I learned to peer beyond my political bubble in the early 1980s, first when Ronald Reagan was
Greetings from the New Economy
In a race against climate change, a new movement seeks to build a just, sustainable world.
When Is a Labor Law Violation Not a Labor Law Violation?
In Hoffman Plastics, the Supreme Court struck a blow against the rights of undocumented workers. Immigrant rights advocates are fighting back.
Access Denied: Immigrants and Health Care
Nationally, 46% of low-income immigrant children who were not citizens lacked health insurance in 1999, compared to 20% of children whose parents were native born. Scher discussed the implications of lack of health insurance for immigrant children.
Social Insecurity
Those hopeful that last October's stock market drop will stop talk of privatizing social security should think again.
Credit Card Pushers Pump Up Profits - and Risk
Tell your friends and relatives you're writing an article on credit cards and see what happens. Everybody has
Coming in From the Cold in the Struggle for Solidarity
We were winding up our interview when Wilfredo Larencuent mentioned in passing that the AFL-CIO's representative in Hondurus