New Orleans The twists and turns that the right is making to smear the Democrat’s emerging candidate, Senator Barack Obama, are wild and amazing. The National Review today published a forever-long piece linking Obama to ACORN…. One of the wags on the staff posted a comment upon reading that it was amazing that …
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Supreme Surprise for Workers
New Orleans Something very strange happened in the Supreme Court yesterday — perhaps Mercury is in retrograde? In two separate cases by decisive majorities the Supreme Court ruled in favor of workers! Given recent Court decisions American workers have every reason to feel shocked and awed at the willingness of the Supreme Court …
Deadly Work
Dallas David Uhlmann, a law professor at the University of Michigan, and former prosecutor for the Justice Department, offered some painful reminders today in an op-ed piece in the Times of how deadly work can be and how small the penalties employers pay for the risks to workers. He told a story of …