Keeping Time
Essays on current events, human rights, and social and economic justice
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The Revolution Will Be Blogged
Journalists are not what they used to be. The profession and the news industry have changed…
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A Fine Madness
March is roaring in but who cares if the weather is frightful? Inside gyms and arenas…
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The Big Fix to Income Inequality
Income inequality is the defining and dividing issue of our time, as President Obama has reminded…
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Love Story
This week the historic Des Plaines Theatre in suburban Chicago is undergoing a rebirth with the…
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Good Vibrations in LA
Hope was a byword of the AFL-CIO Convention this year, and the positive vibe was contagious…
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Reinventing Labor
The pressure that labor faces this week at the AFL-CIO Convention in Los Angeles is palpable…
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Whither Labor
Four years ago, in Pittsburgh, the American labor movement was retooling for the challenge of an…
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Miss Saigon Revisited
As Cameron Mackintosh prepared to bring “Miss Saigon” to Broadway in 1990, I had a sinking…
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Prying Eyes
I haven’t joined the Pardon Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning movement, although I credit her for trying…
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Getting It Together
What does it take to get Democrats and Republicans to work together? Apparently all that’s needed…
