Working Life

The numbers and the passion show it: undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom have lived in the country for over a decade, are part of the fabric of communities everywhere. I speak with one expert, Lisa Christensen Gee of the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, who tallied up the billions of dollars undocumented […]

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Here’s what the political class offers the people as health care options: the Republican “who cares if you die as long as the free market lives” versus saving the Affordable Care Act which delivers huge new profits to the corrupt insurance industry. Seriously? So, it’s a good time for us to go in-depth on the […]

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Consider this crazy number: 150 million people around the globe are migrants, moving here and there, either looking for work or avoiding political violence or both. With the echoes of the attack on undocumented workers in the U.S. firmly in mind, I explored this astounding fact with an expert in Africa and an advocate in […]

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Jonathan goes digging into the world of the global sweatshop, talking with global workers rights advocate Shawna Bader-Blau on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Bangladesh factory fire that killed 110 garment workers and injured thousands more. We also talk Just Transition–how workers and communities will be looked after as we transition from […]

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And here is why, explained in this short video, by yours truly.  

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I meant to post this piece I wrote for CNN.com. Says it all.

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Lots of questions are being asked about the Clinton Foundation–except some obvious ones that are being almost entirely ignored, questions which should invite debate on troubling connections sitting right out in broad daylight. Donald Trump and his Republicans allies, as well as others, have failed yet to make the case that Hillary Clinton tied her […]

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Bernie out with a statement on the TPP not coming to a vote this year…and this should be chalked up to our movement by the way, of the last year cuz magically the TPP stopped being thought of as the “gold standard”. Sanders Welcomes McConnell Decision to Block TPP BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 26 – U.S. […]

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You know, I used to spend time on this blog regularly excoriating the stupendous bullshit that emanated from Thomas Friedman’s mouth. He gave me so many opportunities. Then, I gave up–it just wasn’t worth the time. Truth be told, I stopped reading his nonsense. I fell off the wagon today. My apologies. Lured in at […]

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First, to print as a lead-in, Bernie’s statement from last night, which perhaps people have seen but in case: “I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories tonight, and I look forward to issue-oriented campaigns in the 14 contests to come. “I am proud that we were able to win a resounding victory tonight in Rhode […]

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