Campbell Brown's Despicable Newtown Rant
"Both sides" made objectionable comments after the Newtown massacre, writes Campbell Brown. Right-wing bigots on the one hand, and on the other... Diane Ravitch? For praising heroic teachers? This is...
View ArticleEd 'Reformers' Fumble Logic With Foolish Football Analogy
"It’s hard to watch Robert Griffin III play football and not think about education policy." Education "reformers" Michelle Rhee and Joel Klein begin an op-ed with this dubious claim, then go on to...
View ArticleIs John Boehner a Labor Economist?
Republican leader John Boehner must have some expertise when it comes to labor economics. Either that, or the New York Times is allowing him to make misleading claims without being challenged.
View ArticleHeard the One About Lazy French Workers?
The Washington Post brings us the story of a right-wing U.S. businessman who is in a very public fight over the work habits of the French. Yes, we all know the folklore about the lazy French. What...
View Article102 Years After Triangle Fire, Media Still Wonder How Workers Keep Dying
On the 102nd anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Janine Jackson's article in the last issue of Extra! (3/13) is a sobering reminder that not that much has changed in the last century as far as...
View ArticleThatcher Lifted Millions–Says Who?
New York Times reporter John Burns admires Margaret Thatcher's legacy. But when he claims she lifted millions to prosperity, does he have any evidence?
View ArticleMatthews: Obama Needs to Break a Union Like Reagan
Praise for a conservative president's breaking the air traffic controllers' union--that's what you hear on the liberal cable channel.
View ArticleYou're to Blame for Factory Deaths. Well, You and Walmart
The New Yorker's James Surowiecki has figured out who's to blame for unsafe working conditions for garment workers: people who wear clothing: "The problem isn't so much evil factory owners as a system...
View ArticleAdvice on Balancing Work and Life Could Use More Balance
One of the most important facts left out while discussing breadwinners? Of female breadwinners in America, 63 percent are single moms with a median family income of just $23,000.
View ArticleNot Enough Debate in Morning Joe's Walmart Wage Debate
An MSNBC debate on Walmart and the minimum wage need at least one thing: More debate.
View ArticleTime's Minimum Wage Math: Triple = 'Just as Many'
The new issue of Time magazine (3/10/14) takes a look at the debate over raising the minimum wage, in a piece by Eliza Gray. But the very first paragraph just doesn't make much sense: If you want to...
View ArticleNew Keystone Poll Reveals Media Failure
The public strongly supports building the Keystone pipeline--and they wrongly think it will create a lot of jobs. Aren't media to blame for failing to set that straight?
View ArticleWriting Unions Out of the Story on Fighting Poverty
NY Times looks at the some new research on the failure to reduce poverty--but doesn't mention the minimum wage or strengthening workers' power through unions.
View ArticleUSA Today and Wal-Mart Poop
USA Today calls pro-worker activists protesting Wal-Mart "party poopers."
View ArticleMeet the CEO Bold Enough to Kill Thousands of Jobs
CBS--which has a record of doing puff pieces about corporate CEOs--wants viewers to believe that an overpaid CEO who's bold and risky enough to try and fix a company by firing tens of thousands of...
View ArticleFAIR TV: August 29, 2014
On the show this week: On the day of his funeral, the New York Times declared that Michael Brown was "no angel." We look at that and other shoddy reporting from Ferguson. Plus Newsweek spreads...
View ArticleCutting Pensions and 'Responsible' Politics
Anything that hurts labor unions, workers and moves Democrats to the right must be something to cheer about.
View ArticleCivilization-Threatening Crises? Nope, Can't Think of Any
David Brooks thinks you're just dwelling on the negative in the news--and he's written a New York Times column, headlined "Snap Out of It," to set you straight.
View ArticleJeff Bezos Takes WaPo's Advice, Rips Off WaPo Workers
Where could Jeff Bezos have gotten the idea that it was OK to take away large sums of money that you promised people for their retirement after years of service? Well, maybe he reads the paper he just...
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