Brendan Smith, Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher, The Nation. January 16, 2009. Social networking tools can help people reach across national and workplace borders, outflank bosses and politicians and wield collective power.
Shamus Cooke, Information Clearing House. December 19, 2008. Unless things change fast, history will show that the phenomenon of "retirement" was limited to one generation.
David Moberg, The Nation. September 1, 2008. Meet Working America: a 2.5 million online member organization created by the AFL-CIO with a working-class base and a strategy to win.
Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. June 13, 2008. Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.
Nelson Lichtenstein, Comment Is Free. November 29, 2007. The AFL-CIO's unconventional — and surprisingly successful — strategy to make American organized labor politically powerful again.
Greg Bloom, In These Times. October 19, 2006. With low wages, long hours, and constant uphill battles, the canvassing industry is burning out progressive youth, and progressive organizations are fighting attempts to change the system.