Happy Birthday: TDU Turns 37

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Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) has since become the longest-lived, most successful rank and file movement in U.S. labor history. Many labor historians have noted TDU’s role in winning rights, cutting mob influence in the Teamsters, and giving rank and file Teamsters a voice.

Pope Rejects Church of 'Small-Minded Rules' in Jesuit Interview

John L. Allen Jr. National Catholic Reporter
"The church sometimes has locked itself up in small things, in small-minded rules," Francis says. "Ministers of the church must be ministers of mercy above all." In general, he seems to suggest he wants the church to come off as less judgmental and more pastoral, though without becoming morally "lax."

NFL: League of Denial

The NFL presides over America's indisputable national pastime -- and an epidemic of long-term brain injuries. What did the NFL know, and when did it know it? A special two-hour investigation reveals the hidden story. Oct 8 on PBS.

After Tiller: Documentary

After Tiller explores third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, who risk their lives in the name of commitment to their patients. 

The Black NRA

The NRA is finally putting guns into the hands of those who need them most.

Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?

Why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, including spending more tax dollars on health care than Canada, the UK, or Australia.