Watching election results by oneself in a hotel room is never a good way to spend an election day. Especially in Ohio in 2004. Unfortunately, that was the situation I found myself in four years ago. At the time, I was working as an organizer with the Service Employees International Union in Ohio. We had […]
We can all breathe again. Barack Obama has finally named his vice-presidential running mate, and it’s none other than Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Media reaction to the choice has mostly revolved around Biden’s potential effect on the horserace and has predictably been rather inane. Does Biden represent the attack dog mentality that the Obama […]
I feel a bit schizophrenic about the speech that Barack Obama gave Tuesday in Philadelphia. The media billed it as his grand statement on race, prompted by the recent firestorm of controversy that has surrounded Obama’s relationship with his former pastor. In my view, however, the uproar surrounding this whole incident is not just about […]
Here we go again.
I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and even in 2004 (please don’t crucify me, the votes were cast in New Jersey where the Democratic nominee won handily both times against Bush). I have nothing but respect for his decades-long commitment to protecting American consumers and workers from corporate predation, and […]
Over the past couple of years, the phenomenon known as “Web 2.0” has transformed the way people make use of the Internet. This catch-all term encompasses all of the new participatory web-based technologies such as blogs, wikis and social networking sites, the best known of which are Facebook and MySpace. On the face of it, […]
By Chris Maisano
Throughout our nation’s history, the labor movement has been the most effective means by which working people have come together to protect their interests and improve the quality of their lives. One can point to the weekend, eight-hour day, occupational health and safety standards, health insurance, child labor laws, and a range of […]
