Interview: Kathryn Lybarger UC workers’ long battle ends in a victory University of California service workers won a new contract with significant gains after a year and a half of mounting protests.
Alana Smith Plunged into a nightmare Fahad Hashmi remains in 23-hour-a-day lockdown because an acquaintance is accused of giving socks and a raincoat to a member of al-Qaeda.
Dave Zirin The tamest tiger Tiger Woods was praised for taking up politics in a speech at an inaugural event, but the actual content was tepid as weak tea.
Paul Fleckenstein UVM workers protest layoff threat Students and staff organized a "funeral" procession to protest the death of education at the University of Vermont.
Michael Morrill Victory for Pa. hospital workers In response to workers' protests, Commonwealth Medical Center agreed to pay wages owed to laid-off employees.
Lance Selfa Are unions getting the backseat? The Republicans and big business are road-testing their approach to the Employee Free Choice Act. How will Obama and organized labor respond?
Elizabeth Schulte The bottom falls out on jobs A host of major U.S. corporations, including Home Depot, Caterpillar and Sprint, announced big jobs cuts this week--75,000 in one day alone.
Lee Sustar The WSF confronts the crisis At the semi-annual gathering of the "movement of movements," the Latin American left is debating how to confront the world economic slump.
Mark Steel The BBC’s partial impartiality By refusing to broadcast an appeal for Gaza, the BBC decided to be biased not toward the impoverished, but toward the impoverishers.
Doug Singsen Resisting the cuts at CUNY The City University of New York is being hit hard by tuition hikes and budget cuts--but there's a history of struggle at the public college system.
