by Steven Capozzola | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
We've reported frequently on the abusive labor practices and suicides at Apple's Foxconn factory in China. Essentially, Apple outsources the production of its iPad and iPhone to a massive labor facility in Chengdu, China. On the plus side for Apple, labor...
by Bill Scher | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: 40M Underwater Homeowners? Organize. OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "The number of people living in underwater homes is larger than the number of people living in twenty-two states and the District of Columbia. The residents of those states are...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
It sounds like hype to say it, but underwater homeowners can change the course of history. It's not me saying that - it's the numbers. People who owe more than their homes are worth have the power to become the a powerful new political and economic force. They've got...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog
There were rumblings that Thursday's Netroots Nation keynote address by Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general and the head of an Obama administration task force on Wall Street fraud, was going to be disrupted by protestors. And indeed, as Schneiderman began...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog
I'm at the Netroots Nation 2012 conference in Providence. The weather has been pretty good, a brief rainshower but otherwise sunny and pleasant day. There are panels all day, breakout sessions on various topics, state caucuses, parties, lunches, dinners, parties,...
