by Tim Wilkins | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Tom Conway Why Workers Like Victoria Need The PRO Act Now Those bundles of joy cost bundles of money, so Victoria Whipple, a quality control worker at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., had been working overtime to get ready for her new arrival. She also got...
by Tom Conway | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Jobs and Growth
Those bundles of joy cost bundles of money, so Victoria Whipple, a quality control worker at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., had been working overtime to get ready for her new arrival. She also got involved in union organizing at the plant, and management decided to teach...
by Larry Stafford | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Race
Photo credit: KENS-TV screenshot / YouTube I’ve been thinking about this Amber Guyger verdict, and seeing different perspectives on the timeline. Lately, I’ve been seeking to understand more about what some call an abolitionist framework around the criminal legal...
by Tim Wilkins | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog
MORNING MESSAGE Tobita Chow How The U.S. Left Should Approach China While Trump's trade war with China threatens to trigger a global recession, Trump is reacting by continuing his economic attacks as well as blaming supposed internal enemies, such as the “fake news...
by Miles Mogulescu | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Election, Featured
Like pornography, corruption comes in hard-core and soft-core versions. Donald Trump’s record of self-dealing is the very definition of hard-core corruption. If it were porn, it would only be sold in a brown-paper bag. He should have been impeached long ago for his...
by Tom Conway | Sep 27, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Inequality
Regular exercise and an apple a day may help to keep the doctor away. But to live a long, healthy life, it helps to be rich. Income inequality is a pox on America. The rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. CEO pay keeps rising while workers’...
