Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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UAW Plans To Dump Chrysler Stock
It appears that the worker takeover of what remains of industrial America will be short lived. The other day the
Swine 'Flu Action Alert (non-satirical)
We received this action alert related to swine 'flu (we're not going to save the pork industry
WHO Running out of Panic Colors (satire)
Hat-tip to TM for this gem, and "hi" to Jay O'C. World Health Organization running out
Why Leftists Keep Winning in Latin America
From Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research: Why Latin America's left keeps winning Washington&
Auto Parts Makers In Danger
Chrysler's bankruptcy and temporary shutdown could spell doom for a number of autoparts suppliers, reports the Wall Street
Starbucks Cited for Worker Violations
From the Starbucks Workers Union (happy May Day!) Yet Another Federal Labor Complaint Against Starbucks, Emblematic of a Company in
Senators Block Cram Downs
The US Senate voted down the "cram down" legislation that would have given bankruptcy judges temporary authority to
Economist Honored for Income Inequality Work
Berkeley economics and public policy prof Emmanuel Saez was awarded the John Bates Clark medal last week. The award recognizes
Sen. Durbin: Bankers 'Own' Congress
From Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon.com; hat-tip to LF: Thursday April 30, 2009 05:35 EDT Top
Chrysler to File for Bankruptcy
The big banks went for the deal, but the hedge funds wouldn't budge. Now it's headed
NAFTA Flu?
From an interview with Robert Wallace, a geographer who has studied avian flu, on Democracy Now!. Hat-tip to LF. The
Yes, Things Are Really Bad
Another fabulously depressing economic snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI): GDP Picture