The New Crossroads

By GREGORY N. HEIRES Unions appear to be making a comeback as the Covid-19 economic crisis has emboldened workers and stirred up longstanding outrage over inequality and inadequate wages and benefits. Since Starbucks workers at stores in the Buffalo, N.Y., area petitioned to be represented by a union in August 2021, employees at about 250 …

The Shared Struggle of Iranian Women and African Americans

by Gregory N. Heires September 20, 2023 0 comment 294 views

A Labor Rebirth?

by Gregory N. Heires May 1, 2022 0 comment 42 views

Hubert H. Harrison and the Radical African-American Tradition

by Gregory N. Heires September 26, 2021 0 comment 11 views

A Labor Rebirth?

May 1, 2022

Hubert H. Harrison and the Radical African-American Tradition

September 26, 2021

COVID Unemployment Benefits of Millions Run Out on Sept. 6

September 5, 2021

Economics see latest

The Danger of Voter Apathy and Third Parties for Biden

September 12, 2020

By GREGORY N. HEIRES and RAYMOND MARKEY Whether to vote in the 2020 presidential election is not an …

Gender Inequality and Covid-19

January 2, 2021

The Danger of Voter Apathy and Third Parties for Biden

September 12, 2020

Why the Left Should Support the anti-Trump Lincoln Project

August 25, 2020

Jazz and Justice

October 27, 2019

Yup, Trump Did Scam Us

September 2, 2019

Stealing Wages

July 11, 2017

The Persistent Racial Wealth Gap

March 5, 2017

Taxes see latest

Corporate Fat Cats Become the Nation’s Richest “Government Employees” by Leaching Off Taxpayers

March 10, 2014

Queens Public Library Head Under Fire for Perks and Pay Worthy of a Corporate Fat Cat

February 17, 2014

Inequality Gone Wild

January 27, 2014

Privatizing Public Services: A Free-Market Fiasco

June 12, 2016

Lousy Job? It’s Your Fault!

June 27, 2014

Contracting Out Public Services Worsens Inequality and Lowers Wages

April 14, 2014

Corporate Fat Cats Become the Nation’s Richest “Government Employees” by Leaching Off Taxpayers

March 10, 2014

Books see latest

The Foreclosed Dreams of African Americans

by Gregory N. Heires February 11, 2014 0 comment 1 views

By GREGORY N. HEIRES The housing crisis has led to the foreclosure of the homes of 10 million people–equivalent to the population of Michigan. The foreclosures have particularly devastated the African-American community, which lost over half its wealth because of the housing and jobs crisis that followed the 2008 financial crash. A powerful book, “A …

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