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New US Department of Labor Rule Improves Transparency for Workers Considering Union Representation

Department of Labor Department of Labor
"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken," the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie. If you believe in what an outside expert drafted for you to say to your employees, if you were willing to pay the outsider to help you say it, then open the curtain and reveal who scripted the message and managed its delivery.

Not a Muse

Louise Robertson BlazeVOX
Love, sex, and feminism intertwine in Ohio poet Louise Robertson's wry poetic observations.

It Ain't Over: New Poll Shows Sanders and Clinton Tied Nationally

Deirdre Fulton Common Dreams
"It comes down to this: Bernie Sanders is the one Democrats see as looking out for them—meaning he will build a stronger middle class at the expense of Wall Street. They trust him to do it. In the end, Hillary Clinton has a trust problem."

Republican Tax Plan

Either Trump or Cruz's tax plan would be the biggest redistribution of wealth - upward - in the history of the United States.

The New Generation Gap

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
The lives of both old and young, as they are now lived, are different. Their pasts are different, and so are their prospects.