The party’s failure isn’t just the result of Republican negativity.
Harold Meyerson
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Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York
The WFP has amassed the power to turn progressive ideas into law. But a controversial attempt to work a deal with incumbent New York Governor Cuomo has put its ballot line at stake.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Labor at a Crossroads: The Seeds of a New Movement
SEIU’s David Rolf—virtuoso organizer and mastermind of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage campaign—says labor needs radically new ways to champion worker interests.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
When Guns Trample Speech, Do We Have a Democracy?
A speech by feminist Anita Sarkeesian was canceled by Utah State University because, even under the threat of a massacre, the state demands that guns cannot be prohibited in public spaces.
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Labor’s New Groove: Taking the Struggle From Streets to Legislatures
With private-sector union membership at an all-time low, and workers fed up with stingy wages and scant—if any—benefits, the labor movement takes up new strategies.
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Hillary for Liberals: A Conversation With Walter Shapiro
“As a campaigner, Hillary can do a shot and a beer better than Barack Obama can,” Shapiro says. So there’s that.
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Why Democrats Need to Take Sides in America’s Class War
Straddling class divisions is so last century. There’s a new base in town, and it includes a lot of people who used to be middle-class but aren’t anymore.
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Listen to Harold Meyerson Analyze the Supreme Court’s Big Anti-Union Decision on ‘To the Point’
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect‘s editor at large, appeared on the June 30th edition of Public Radio International’s To the Point, analyzing the Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn, which allows home health-care workers in Illinois to opt out of paying their union dues. Listen here. Read Meyerson’s essay on the Harris case here: […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Supreme Court Rules Disadvantaged Workers Should Be Disadvantaged Some More
The decision in Harris v. Quinn—written by the Court’s leading union-hater, Justice Samuel Alito—appears designed to cripple unions by creating incentives for “free riders.”
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why China Has Strikes Without Unions
By eschewing the role of dissident, organizers allow the Communist Party to respond either favorably or neutrally to their actions, rather than repressing them.