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Teachers Group Revealed as Funder Behind Pro Walsh PAC

Wesley Lowery The Boston Globe
The American Federation of Teachers was the donor behind One Boston, a PAC that paid for a $480,000 television commercial supporting Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh during the final days of the Boston mayoral race.

The Right To Stay Home: How U.S. Policy Drives Mexican Migration - a Review

Duane Campbell Talking Union, a DSA labor blog
The Obama Administration has produced vast expansion of deportations reaching 409,000 last year, with over 2 million deported since this president assumed office. Increased enforcement has been justified as a device to encourage legislative reform of the immigration system, but it has only increased the deportations and the divisions of families.

The Fear Economy

Economist Paul Krugman The New York Times
There are many steps that we can take to end that state of affairs, but the most important is to put jobs back on the agenda.