Since writing at LGM, I’ve focused pretty heavily on labor issues over my other field of expertise—environmental issues. There’s a good reason for that and there's a less good reason. The good reason is that there’s a bigger niche to fill in covering the labor...
Author: Erik Loomis
A lot of interesting labor stories out there right now: 1. Sarah Jaffe has an excellent piece on unemployment at Alternet. Unlike all too many (almost all) reports on the.
This is just outrageous: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed legislation that officially classifies beer as alcohol in Russia. The new law will allow controls on the sale of beer.
This is awesome: C. The HPT Meeting. Around the Pentagon, HPT stands for “high-payoff target,” and that’s exactly what you’re aiming for, so use this tactic sparingly. Here, HPT is a mnemonic you can use to plan meetings with overconfident graduate students. A few days...
In a rare piece of sensible legislation coming out of California, rural homeowners who rely on state firefighters for basic fire services will have to pay a $150 annual fee..
Excellent essay at Only the Cinema on Out of Sight, clearly Soderbergh's best film (though a strong case can be made for The Limey) and one of the most entertaining.
It's possible that some education "reformers" really do care about improving childhood education. But many of them care about union-busting much, much more.
The Netflix price spike annoys me as much as everyone else. I don't mind paying for my films, and indeed I do, but the combination of the on-demand and mail.
I've talked before about how young progressive bloggers don't seem to have too much interest in labor history or labor issues more broadly. Of course, most of the voices in.
Like most of you, I am absolutely shocked that Lenny Dykstra would prove to be a complete fraud. Not fresh news here I know, but it actually is amazing that so many athletes would turn to Dykstra for investment advice. I mean, what could possibly...
Obama endorses repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. Good for him. Let's see if it happens. It will soon, if not in 2011. Also, it'd be nice if Democrats realized.
Over at Crooked Timber, Henry has a really interesting commentary to this Doug Henwood piece attacking the neoliberal left. Henry: Neo-liberals tend to favor a combination of market mechanisms and.