May 9, 2014 By Steven Wishnia The Sidney Hillman Foundation gave its annual awards May 6 to 13 people who “still dedicate themselves to investigative journalism,” as foundation president Bruce
May 5, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The United Federation of Teachers, whose members have been working without a contract for five years, announced with Mayor Bill de Blasio
May 5, 2014 By Beth Borzone Holbrook, NY – Over 2,000 teachers and parents protested Governor Cuomo’s education policies on Monday, chanting “Cuomo has got to go!” in front of
May 5, 2014 By Alan B. Lubin In our political world, there are trends that must be noticed and action taken if Democrats and moderate Republicans wish to remain in
April 30, 2014 By Marc Bussanich New York, NY—The NBA’s Adam Silver announced from the NY Hilton on Tuesday, April 29 that the league is banning Los Angeles Clippers basketball
April 30, 2014 By Oren M. Levin-Waldman A common criticism of increasing the minimum wage is that minimum wage workers simply aren’t worth more than they are receiving. They simply
April 29, 2014 By Neal Tepel Pittsburgh, Penn. – The United Steelworkers (USW) congratulated football players at Northwestern University for participating in the first National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) sanctioned
April 28, 2014 By Stephanie West New York, NY—The city announced it finalized space agreements for three charter schools. Space for Harlem Success Academy 4, Success Academy Jamaica, and Success
April 24, 2014 By Sally Ross, Christopher Balchin, Alan Shapiro, Barbara McClung Recently New Yorkers were subjected to a media blitz of deceptive TV ads touting the “excellence” of charter
April 23, 2014 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – NYSUT, in coalition with parents’ groups and other allies, had demanded that New York State cancel its contract with inBloom, a
