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Caption: Right: Grace Lee Boggs, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Left: John Trudell
What is your perspective on Democracy? This week we explore what democracy means.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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The F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. The latest: "It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Commentary: Student athletes get very little of the millions generated by college football's bowl games.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:01
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Produced for Weekend Edition programming, Pam McKissick Without Reserve is a one-hour talk show that delivers unfiltered commentary on the world of...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:15
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Labor was a big election winner.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 02:45
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Raising the minimum wage should be a key post-election priority.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
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Commentary: Labor faces its greatest election challenge in California.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
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Commentary: Although we're recovering from the Great Recession, most of the new jobs are low-paying, non-union jobs.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
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Anti-labor forces have launched a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and unions.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
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The Internet has had a profound impact on media labor coverage.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 07:03
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The right to unionization, a basic civil right, is under serious attack.

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
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Despite what anti-union forces claim, public employees are not drawing fat pensions that threaten to bankrupt state and local governments.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Unions are preparing massive election campaigns in support of President Obama and other labor-friendly Democrats.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:38
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The working conditions of those who manufacture the products of technological innovator Apple are brutal.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
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It's time to honor Filipino labor leader Larry Itliong, who played a key role in formation of the United Farm Workers union.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
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San Francisco labor leader Walter Johnson was a key supporter of gay rights.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
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The United Auto Workers is in danger of losing its standing as one of the country's most important institutions.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
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The minimum wage is increasing in eight states.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
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Public employees, many of them African-Americans, are being hit particularly hard by today's high levels of unemployment.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:03
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The AFL-CIO has a very promising plan to heal our very sick economy.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
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Newt Gingrich says the child labor laws are "truly stupid."

  • Added: Nov 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
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The National Labor Relations Board is under a heavy new anti-union attack.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:15
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It's past time we took effective action to ease the economic misery of the 46 million Americans who are forced to live in poverty.

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
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The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a good time to recognize the importance of public employees.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 03:43