Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 27, 2008. Unemployment is soaring and it may be March before we feel the first dollar of an Obama recovery plan.
Allison Martell, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. July 17, 2008. Even when researchers try to correct for differences in education and work experience, a 20% gap in earnings still persists.
Don Monkerud, AlterNet. September 3, 2007. Compared to people in other developed countries, Americans don't ask for more vacation time, don't take all the vacation time their employers give them and continue to work while they are on vacation.
Heather Boushey, The American Prospect. March 21, 2007. In the struggle to balance work and family, work is winning. Democrats need to take back the values issue and promote economic policies that recognize that workers have families.
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. November 9, 2006. In the 24 states that voted to raise their minimum wages, it just got a bit more worthwhile to get up for work each morning.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 2, 2006. SEIU President Andy Stern is optimistic about improving life for the middle class -- and improving our economy at the same time. His new book suggests how it can happen.
Andy Stern, AlterNet. November 2, 2006. Something's wrong when only the rich are getting richer, and average folks are feeling the squeeze. The answer isn't more education, or simply electing better leaders. We need widespread change.
Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. October 13, 2006. In such troubled times, shouldn't those of us who can choose our work choose a job that, at worst, doesn't harm anyone and, at best, makes the world a better place?
