Defend democracy in the South.

Economy

Feds' own data raise questions about effort to blame Gulf fishermen for sea turtle death spike

By Sue Sturgis

July 19, 2011 -

Could Rep. Cantor's debt default brinksmanship boost his personal investments?

By Sue Sturgis

July 18, 2011 -

Economy

VOICES: Farmworkers' latest victory against tobacco giant may justify organizer's optimism

By Joe Atkins

July 15, 2011 - By Joe Atkins,

In Florida, an organizing drive that doubled the union

By Labor Notes

July 14, 2011 -

Economy

Workplace deaths raise questions about OSHA experiment in self-regulation

By The Lens

July 13, 2011 -

Extreme Alabama immigration law heads to court

By Equal Voice News

July 12, 2011 - By Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Newspaper

Welder frees workers from Texas labor camps

By New America Media

July 11, 2011 - With the proceeds from the sale of his parents' home in India, loans from aunts and uncles, and the money he'd saved while working as a welder in the Middle East, Aby K. Raju was able to scrape together the $20,000 the job recruiter wanted from him in exchange for a job in the United States and a green card.