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Remember When People Had Pensions?

America's corporate chiefs deserve all their hefty rewards, we're told, because they take hefty risks. And what exactly are these richly rewarded corporate chiefs putting at risk? Our retirement security. How’s your 401(k) doing? Working Americans ask themselves this...

The State of the Working Class

My uncle, King Saunders Jr., was a newspaperman. He reported for several papers during his career, and from 1938 to the 1950s, he was the editor of the Motorwheel News, a weekly newspaper for one of the big auto plants in Lansing, Mich. Although the newspaper was paid...

Take The Texas Job-Poaching Test

Texas Governor Rick Perry is trying to poach jobs from yet another state, offering businesses low taxes and wages. At the same time budget cuts are forcing Texas to convert paved roads to gravel and deep cuts to education continue. What does Texas' job-poaching do to...

We Shall Overcome

America’s fortunate workers, those who had Labor Day off, spent the holiday resting and playing, rejoicing and picnicking. Much of that activity occurred in public parks across this nation, places that are community commons, purchased, developed and protected by...
Contemplating War

Contemplating War

Once again our nation is contemplating an act of war, entering into one of the most solemn debates a society can have. It's worth restating some fundamental principles as that debate begins, especially for those of us who support economic justice, progressive ideals...

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