Always important to remember that food has a whole labor history before it gets to your plate. Unless you grow or shoot it yourself maybe. And even then it's arguable. Thanks for whichever commenter brought this story to my attention. Sorry I can't remember who...
Author: Erik Loomis
Pierce is right on the money. The experience of going to PNC Park, including just being in downtown Pittsburgh and walking around the ballpark neighborhood, is second to none in.
Rich Democrats can be really stupid, as the Newark Star-Ledger shows: Gov. Chris Christie is cashing in donations from top Democratic fundraisers and other traditionally liberal donors across the country,.
Two stories here that revolve around the theme of organized labor rarely getting value for the money it donates to Democratic politicians. On the national level, Communication Workers of American president Larry Cohen held a conference call with reporters and bloggers yesterday to say that...
Scott claims one of the most important questions of our time is why Canadian teams haven't won the Stanley Cup for so long. He may be right, but THE MOST.
Arguments against immigration reform are usually pretty bad. Racism is at the heart of most, sometimes couched in dog whistles like "culture" or the Republican "they won't vote for us.
The College Republicans have released a report that shows that all young people hate Republicans. And that's only a slight overstatement, with 54% of young people supporting raising taxes on the wealthy and 3% supporting lowering taxes on the wealthy. Wow. The College Republican answer...
Frank Lautenberg has passed. Lautenberg's most significant legacy is his role in raising the drinking age to 21. In principle, I think the drinking age should be lowered. But given.
On this date in 1924, the U.S. government finally granted citizenship rights to Native Americans. That's correct--1924.
This weekend was the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, one of the most horrifying episodes of organized violence against African-Americans after emancipation. Linda Christensen, a high school teacher in Portland, has some excellent thoughts on the importance of this event and the potentials...
On March 29, an ExxonMobil pipeline carrying oil from Canadian tar sands ruptured in the town of Mayflower, Arkansas, northwest of Little Rock. Between 5000 and 7000 barrels of oil.
It's very exciting that the Romney Presidency would have been nothing more than an exercise in corporate cliches, with its leaderocity, core competencies, magnetic niches, and other meaningless words.