Labor

The South's Shocking Hidden History: Thousands of Blacks Forced Into Slavery Until WW2

By Douglas A. Blackmon / The Washington Monthly

The horrifying, little-known story of how hundreds of thousands of blacks worked in brutal bondage right up to the middle of the 20th century.

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Matt Taibbi on Just How Screwed Americans Were By the Bailout

By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now

Will Obama Cave on Social Security?

By Josh Eidelson / Salon

Labor Secretary Resigns; Obama's Cabinet Increasingly White and Male

By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

The Subtle, Insidious Game of Undermining Social Security From Within

By Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes

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Labor

A Tool to Rebuild Our Teachers Unions

Brian Chidester / Socialist Worker

I Was a Child Farmworker

Mariya Strauss / Global Comment

8 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder

Matt Steel / Metagramme

7 Amazing Fights for the Rights of Workers

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Robots Don't Destroy Jobs; Rapacious Corporate Executives Do

William Lazonick / AlterNet

6 Reasons Joseph Stiglitz and Other Top Economists Think Means-Testing Medicare & Social Security Is a Destructive Idea

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Chris Hedges Explains How Entire Regions Within the US Are Treated Like Exploited Colonies

Vince Emanuele / AlterNet

Massive East Coast Dock Strike Averted; Washington Sighs in Relief

Ari Paul / AlterNet

6 Ways to Juice Up the Labor Movement

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Americans Buying More Gifts for That Special Someone ... Themselves

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Unionized Teachers, So Vilified By the Right, Are the Heroes of Sandy Hook

Laura Clawson / Daily Kos Labor

Meet Five CEOs Who Prove That Lower Corporate Taxes Don't Equal More Hiring

George Zornick / The Nation

Shear Madness: Why Does a Black Woman Risk Losing Her Job Over Her Hair?

Bijan C. Bayne / AlterNet

Whether It's Sex Workers or CIA Agents, the Entertainment Industry Doesn't Portray the Truth About People's Careers

Emma Brockes / Comment Is Free

How Michigan Republicans Caught Labor Off-Guard, Making Law Worse than Wisconsin's

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

How the Bitter Losers of 2012 Rammed Through a Union-Destroying Bill in Michigan

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

10,000 Protesters Converge on Michigan Capitol as Gov. Snyder's Assault on Workers' Rights Signed Into Law

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes

Michigan House Approves Anti-Union Bill as Massive Protests Erupt

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Why We May See a Kinder, Gentler and Cheaper Medical Care System

Russ Baker / WhoWhatWhy

4 Ways Workers Are Boldly -- and Successfully -- Fighting for Their Human Rights

Brigid O'Farrell / AlterNet

Photos of "Strike Season" As Wal-Mart, Fast Food Workers Walk Out for Their Rights

AlterNet Staff / AlterNet

Koch-Funded ALEC and Americans For Prosperity Launch Assault on Michigan Unions

Mary Bottari / PR Watch

Union Members Flood Michigan Capitol, Protesting Surprise Attack on Labor

Alix Gould-Werth / Labor Notes

Inside ALEC's Education Task Force: Private Players Manipulating Public Education

Sabrina Stevens / AlterNet

Watch: Teacher Infiltrates ALEC Education Meeting, Confronts Members

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

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