Rule by the rich may look inevitable, but history shows it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling Against Unions is Really Aimed at the New Deal
By targeting labor law and the much-maligned administrative state, the justices showed that rolling back workers’ rights is just one tactic in their larger war.
Posted inPolitics
Affordable Housing with a Union Label
Co-op City, the mammoth moderate-income Bronx housing complex, long a New York mainstay, offers lessons on what does and doesn’t work.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster
With creative cherry-picking and a tweak here and there, the PRO Act can be folded into a Senate reconciliation bill.
Posted inApril/May/June 2020, Magazine
How Trump Could Dismantle Workers’ Rights with Another Four Years
In just his first term, he’s been a fairly effective union buster.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Federal Workers Tell Senators to End Trump’s Shutdown
Hundreds of protestors ‘occupied’ the Hart Office Building on Wednesday. ‘Do your job so I can do mine,’ they said.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump is Losing the Midwest
Traditionally Democratic voters will vote with their party because Trump has governed like a traditional Republican.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Connecticut Dem Showing How to Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor
Ned Lamont has displayed a heterodox balancing of entrepreneurship and worker’s advocacy.
Posted inPolitical Animal
It’s Always Foolish for Progressives and Democrats to Fall for “Bipartisanship”
It has to be considered one of the biggest “WTF” stories of the young year: Teamsters Local 25, the powerful [labor] union that represents more than 11,500 Massachusetts workers and that backed the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, endorsed Republican Governor Charlie Baker for reelection Thursday. “He’s proven to be a great steward for […]
Posted inJuly 1987
The Best and Worst of American Unions
The words of Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, have often been cited to summarize everything that is wrong with unions: “What does labor want? More!” More wages even when profits are declining. More benefits even when generous compensation is pricing products out of competition. More work rules that stifle productivity. More […]
