Posted on 17 October 2018. Tags: Andrew Lack, NBC News, Rebecca Traister, Women
I am devoting the entire podcast this week to Rebecca Traister’s new book, “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger”. I rarely do books on this show because, once you start, where do you draw the line on what I *have* to read? But, this is an important topic—I had the chance to […]
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Posted in Audio, Podcast, Politics
Posted on 09 December 2013. Tags: Women
This really isn’t surprising but worth reading anyway. Women do better in unions.
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Posted in General Interest
Posted on 18 May 2011. Tags: Banks, Discrimination, Fairness, Financial Crisis, Galleon, Greed, International Labor Organization, Migrants, Poverty, Raj Rajaratnam, Wages, Wall Street, Women
It’s bad enough that the global financial crisis has put millions of people out of work and trashed the future of the ranks of workers everywhere. But, let’s take a moment to consider an undercurrent of the economic crisis, fanned by fear, stupidity and the relentless drive to cut government (oh, that comes under […]
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Posted on 06 March 2010. Tags: Discrimination, International Labor Organization, International Women's Day, Pay Equity, Women
The greatest threat to our future is the way in which we let certain trends and norms become an almost accepted way the economy works. For example, the poverty-level minimum wage is rarely challenged and it is a fundamental part of the strategy of business in America–and a core reason for the greatest divide between […]
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Posted in General Interest