Bob Herbert, The New York Times. November 16, 2009. The young, the black and the poor are among those who are being hammered unmercifully in this long and cruel economic downturn that the financial elites are telling us is over.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. May 29, 2009. While America dissects Sotomayor's appointment, little attention is paid to a troubling Supreme Court ruling.
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 11, 2009. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee cleared Hilda Solis' nomination as Secretary of Labor today.
Tara Magner, MIT Center for International Studies. October 18, 2007. The Bush administration has retreated into an "enforcement first" approach that ignores the economic and labor needs of the country.
Paul Armentano, AlterNet. March 31, 2007. If you're a pot smoking African-American or Hispanic in New York City, chances are you and the NYPD are on a first-name basis.
