Taco Bell, Burger King, McDonalds, and Walmart are already party to the worker-protection contract the targeted fast-food chain refuses to sign.
Sue Sturgis
Sue Sturgis is the editorial director of the Institute for Southern Studies.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Index: The 1 Percent Cleans Up in Florida and the South
Since 2009, Florida’s elite captured all of the state’s income growth—and then some.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mailers Sent By Koch Group Appear Designed to Misdirect Voters in Key U.S. Senate Race
North Carolina election officials are investigating a mailer that the Americans for Prosperity Foundation sent to thousands of would-be voters in the state that contained bad information about registration.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Government Program That’s Equipping Police Like an Occupying Military Force
A chilling index from the Institute for Southern Studies.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How the GOP’s Medicaid Politics Are Hurting Rural Southerners: An Index of Harm
Republican governors, empowered by the Supreme Court, have refused federal funds for the expansion of the program that provides health care to low-income people and the poor. Here’s the human cost.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Money Behind Big Oil’s Win On Atlantic Drilling
The Obama administration’s controversial decision in favor of the petroleum industry comes during an election season in which Republicans are reaping greater rewards than even pro-drilling Democrats.