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Working families had a strong presence at the annual Netroots Nation conference for progressive activists, with several unions co-sponsoring the event, numerous labor-sponsored events and displays and 30 panels with themes about workplace rights or union activists as speakers. Netroots Nation is the largest annual conference of progressive activists and has grown well beyond its initial creation as a get-together for lefty bloggers and fans of the Daily Kos website.
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is on the run and reportedly seeking asylum from the small South American country of Ecuador. As Snowden's escape from Hawaii to Hong Kong to Moscow and beyond continues to unfold, here’s a look back at some other high-profile political fugitives.Julian Assange Charges: An alleged sexual assault and rape in SwedenCountry of refuge: Ecuadorian embassy ...
Members of Pink Floyd—Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason—are calling out Internet radio company Pandora to cease sending out a misleading email that's asking musicians to support a campaign they say is really intended to cut musicians’ Internet royalties by 85%.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed affirmative action to survive in college admissions but imposed a tough legal standard, ruling that schools must prove there are “no workable race-neutral alternatives” to achieve diversity on campus.While the ruling was not a sweeping pronouncement on the future of affirmative action, it amounts to a warning to colleges nationwide that the courts will treat rac...
The prosecution in the George Zimmerman trial laid out its case for the jury on Monday, saying the evidence will show the neighborhood watch volunteer did not kill unarmed teen Trayvon Martin in self-defense.“George Zimmerman did not shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to. He shot him for the worst of all reasons – because he wanted to,” prosecutor John Guy said in opening statements.Guy began his...
MOSCOW – National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden confounded U.S. authorities and the world’s media Monday, apparently failing to show for a flight out of Moscow as Ecuador confirmed it was still considering his request for asylum.Heavy security at a Moscow airport fueled speculation that he would fly to Cuba, then onwards to Ecuador, in his bid to avoid American espionage charges.However, j...
Join Dorian Warren on Wednesday, June 26, from 2–3 p.m. EDT for the eighth in the AFL-CIO series of live online discussions on how we build a movement for the future of working people. The AFL-CIO and Warren, an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, want to hear your ideas on new ways the labor movement can open its doors to people who aren't in a union. He poses this question:What would a broad and inclusive labor movement look like and do, and what would it need to provide for you to join it?
