by Richard Eskow | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
Death, like life, occurs within an interconnected web of forces. Eric Garner died at a specific place and time, but he was drawn there by those larger unseen forces. So was the officer who took his life. One of them never left. The neighborhood where Eric Garner died...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
The following article authored by Education Opportunity Network Director Jeff Bryant has been awarded one of the "top 25 most censored or underreported news stories of 2014." The award came from Project Censored, "a media research, literacy, and education organization...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog
"I can't breathe." There is more to this chant – the haunting last words of Eric Garner before he died at the hands of New York City police that were echoed in demonstrations around the country Wednesday night – than a protest against the epidemic of police brutality...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 4, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
In his examination of former Virginia Senator Jim Webb's potential presidential candidacy, New York Times commentator Thomas Edsall explored Webb's potential appeal to “voters convinced that Wall Street owns both parties, voters tired of politicians submitting to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Workers in as many as 190 cities around the country are expected on Thursday to demonstrate for a $15-an-hour wage, according to organizers, in what would be a dramatic escalation of the nationwide push to boost the wages of low-wage workers. This builds on the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2014 | Blog
Everyone knows the law requires rank-and-file workers to be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. But do you know that millions of ordinary workers no longer get overtime pay for putting in 50-hour or 60-hour work weeks? President Obama can, and...
