Keeping Time
Essays on current events, human rights, and social and economic justice
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Still Keeping Time
Since my last post, I’ve been packing up and preparing to move during another ferocious heat…
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Lessons in Social Justice
The Fairness at Patriot rally in Henderson, Ky., on Tuesday sent me tripping back through time.…
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In the Court of Public Opinion
I am going home to cover a big story, just like old times. When 4,000 United…
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Faith and Justice
As Mine Workers and their supporters prepare to descend on St. Louis Tuesday to again raise…
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Will There Be Justice?
Bankruptcy Court hearings begin Monday on Patriot Coal’s plan to effectively eliminate health care for retirees…
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We Need Robin Hood
A new report underlines the basic problem with the post-Great Recession American economy: the rich are…
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Keep Weapons Off Planes
Slipping under the radar Monday, the same day the FAA laid off 1,500 air traffic controllers…
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Getting to the Point
In St. Louis on Tuesday, Mine Workers and their supporters will plant 1,000 white crosses to…
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Last Line of Defense
Denny Pickens saw a good job at the Shoemaker mine outside Wheeling, W.Va., nearly slip through…
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Roll Away the Stone
Over the past several months, Mine Workers have marched in the streets of St. Louis to…
