Work and Economy
October 1, 2009 -
By Linda Meric Crystal Lee Sutton, the woman whose life inspired the 1979 film "Norma Rae," about a brave union organizer, died of cancer on Sept. 11 after struggling in 2008 with her health insurance company.
September 24, 2009 -
A new study uses post-Katrina data to examine the wide and stark disparities in the life expectancy, educational attainment, and incomes of African Americans and whites in Louisiana.
September 22, 2009 -
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America MediaThe figure on real poverty in America is far worse than the Census Bureau recently reported.
September 16, 2009 -
By Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
September 14, 2009 -
The North Carolina union organizer who was the inspiration for the movie "Norma Rae" died on Friday of brain cancer after a battle with her insurance company, which delayed her treatment. She was 68.
