The editors of Labor Notes asked several activists to contribute articles for a special 400th issue of the magazine. They requested we address what happened to labor—and what we should do given the spot we're in. I wrote an article … [Read more...]
Archives for July 15, 2012
Romney’s Second Retroactive Retirement
The news is filled with surprise over Ed Gillespie's statement on CNN that Willard "Mitt" Romney retroactively retired from Bain Capital. On one level this is the ultimate Mitt-Flop. Romney was retired before he said he was retired. It … [Read more...]
“The BPD union scandal just got a whole lot sexier”
That's how The Phoenix's Chris Faraone characterized Clean Up BPPA blog's most recent discoveries regarding the scholarship money trail generated by the union's controversial newsletter, Pax Centurion. For those unfamiliar, the Boston … [Read more...]
The accidental confession: WaPo’s “fact checker,” Romney and Bain, and Groundhog Day
One of the more puzzling aspects of BainGate has been the role played by Glenn Kessler, the self-styled "fact checker" at the Washington Post. Kessler has been among Romney's most stalwart defenders with respect to the date he supposedly … [Read more...]