For some of these women, this will probably be the most lucrative work their Ph.D. will ever get them.
Author: Erik Loomis
In comments last night, dollared said this about the decline of unionized meatpacking: Allowing free immigration and mass union busting by illegal aliens. Never, ever, ever should have happened. 800,000-1M.
Some of our more third party oriented commenters like to say that Obama has done nothing for workers. Well.... President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to.
I am no expert on psychiatry. I do however have a great interest in American visions of the Soviet Union. Albert Maysles' 1955 film "Psychiatry in Russia" is a pretty interesting entry in that category. )
I wouldn't exactly call myself a fan of spoken word performance art. I am however a fan of grassroots protests against Rahm Emanuel and his policies of making the poor.
I suppose tonight's all-nighter pulled by Senate Democrats on climate change is a good thing but it also shows the limits of political theater because really, who cares. Which is.
Lydia DePillis has a typically great story on conditions within the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Nissan now subcontracts a majority of its employees. Those employees make half as much money as Nissan employees doing the same work and do not qualify for benefits. Workers...
Allow me to recommend this excellent new site on which Democrats in Congress should be challenged in a primary for performing below what we should expect of someone from that.
Today, the 21st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. David Gunn by anti-choice terrorists, is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Remember these heroes for women's rights on this.
Jon Geeting speaks smartly about the pointlessness of registering as an independent: You don't have to be thrilled about it, but this is the only way your vote counts in these places because the real election is the primary. Unless your state has open primaries...
As many of you no doubt are aware, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair and general idiot Darrell Issa shut of Elijah Cummings' microphone last week during a session.
While I'm pretty skeptical of UAW president Bob King's love affair with employee-management cooperation as the keystone of his union's approach, at least one point in his favor is Ford.