Concession Fatigue in Connecticut

John O’Connor and Louise Williams Labor Notes
How did Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in the country, get into a budget mess so bad that state workers were forced to solve it? The answer is that Connecticut is one of the most unequal states in the nation.

A Dream of Quitting Time

David Salner Beloit Poetry Journal
For the Labor Day holiday, David Salner offers a poet’s glimpse of what it feels like not to be working while working a long shift at night.

Friday Nite Videos -- October 28, 2016

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Opioids: John Oliver. A Change Is Gonna Come | Live in Brazil. Terror Lynching in America. Trump and the GOP Crack-Up: A Closer Look. Before the Flood | Documentary.

Opioids: John Oliver

John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction.

Terror Lynching in America

Our history of racial terror casts a shadow across the U.S. landscape. We must engage it more honestly.