Chait on the removal of Social Security cuts from Obama's budget: In reality, the fundamentals of the situation have not changed at all. Last year, Obama was willing to adopt C-CPI in return for concessions Republicans would never, ever make. This year, Obama is still willing...
A very interesting report showing that despite the constant discussion of the middle class in the media and by our politicians, as many Americans openly identify as working class as.
Great reporting here detailing the coordinated anti-UAW campaign between the right-wing Norquist forces and anti-union workers inside the plant. In part: While the UAW has focused much of its post-election.
I've put up another set of short reviews on my tenth-rate film blog. Read if you care. In short: Leave Her to Heaven (Stahl, 1945)--I know people love this film, but I've seen in a couple times and can't get over the huge plot problems. Women...
The Congressional Science Committee is at present basically the legislative arm of the Chevron octopus: For Chevron, the second-largest oil company in the country with $26.2 billion in annual profits,.
The oil industry has agreed to voluntary standards to improve safety on oil trains after a spate of recent accidents. Of course it's voluntary which means that it's unenforceable. So.
Head, meet desk: Several construction labor unions have decided to lend their support to the Keystone XL. Though critics charge that the pipeline will lead to a drastic increase in carbon emissions, the unions, including Laborers International Union and the International Union of Operating Engineers, have...
This post is the Infilaw law schools. Infllaw is a subsidiary of the good folks at Sterling Partners. Infilaw currently owns three ABA-accredited law schools, Arizona Summit (formerly Phoenix), Charlotte,.
From Daniel Little: Robin Blackburn has assembled a fascinating book drawing out some surprising connections between Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx, An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. Since both.
It isn't dead horse blogging (and don't worry yourselves, I still have a good number of dead horses to show you), but this essay on the forgotten history of cows in New York City is great. There may be some cow tunnels underneath the city built...
A good deal of legitimate criticism of Caitlin Flanagan's work has appeared on this blog, but I must say that I very much enjoyed this article on fraternity life and.
The UAW has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over the interference of Tennessee politicians in the union election, claiming intimidation and asking that the results be.