Stories by Donald Cohen

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Unions, Big Business and the Forgotten Lessons of a Disaster that Killed Dozens of Workers 100 Years Ago this Month

Posted on Mar 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

On March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers perished after a fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City’s Greenwich Village.

Who Needs Lobbyists? Darrell Issa Asks GOP's Corporate Masters for a Wish-List of Deregulation

Posted on Jan 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Issa wants to hand the government over to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a who's who of corporate America.

PA Judges Got Cash to Lock Up Teens, Revealed a Broken Justice System

Posted on Mar 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The structure of private detention and prison contracting creates incentives and behaviors that poison our system of criminal justice.

The Education of Alan Greenspan

Posted on Oct 31, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

Throughout the period of conservative dominance there were always those who understood the fallibility of unregulated markets.
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