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Can Labor Help Break the Power of the Democratic Establishment? A Connecticut City's Model for Change

Paul Bass, The Nation. January 30, 2012.

The success of a union-organized campaign to take over New Haven's city government offers a counternarrative to the old story of labor’s political decline.

Recent Yale Male Behavior So Sexist the Federal Government Has to Intervene

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

The investigation of Yale shows the government may actually be taking sexual assault on campus seriously.

Scott Walker Stirred a Hornet's Nest With His Assault on Public Workers But University Employees Have Been Fighting the Union-Busters for Years

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. April 5, 2011.

A growing citizen movement may make Democratic politicians think twice about pressuring unions for concessions.

Disgusting: Yale Frat Caught on Tape Chanting About Rape "No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal" and "F**cking Sluts"

Cooper Fleishman, The Good Men Project. October 17, 2010.

The new pledges walked through a part of campus home to a majority of Yale's freshman woman chanting about rape.

Elite Colleges Are Promoting a Culture of Selfish, Cutthroat Behavior and We Are All Paying the Price

Peter Schmidt, AlterNet. May 23, 2009.

The results are campus environments where disregard for society is socially accepted, where misguided students are encouraged to become worse.

The Best and the Brightest Have Led America Off a Cliff

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 9, 2008.

Don't expect the so-called experts to fix it either. They can't. They are loyal to the decaying political and financial systems that empowered them.