Spring 2012
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Contents
From the Editorial Team
Under the Radar
By Ben Becker
Unreported and under-reported news and views that matter.
Europe’s Political Nightmare: Why the Christian and Social Democratic Parties Have Surrendered to the Bond Market
By Jordan Satncil
What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about Jobs: The Continuing Scandal of African-American Joblessness
By Andy Kroll
Let’s Talk about the Jobs Gap: A Response to Andy Kroll
By Arlene Holt Baker
Mobilizing the Unorganized: Is “Working America” the Way Forward?
By Amy Dean
Florence Kelley: Pioneer of Labor Reform
By Peter Dreier
Economic Prospects: Fighting Seriously for Jobs and Social Security
By Robert Pollin
In the Rearview Mirror: Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You
By Steve Fraser and Joshua B. Freeman
Caught in the Web: Economics of Immigration
By Liza Featherstone
On the Contrary
Earth to Labor: Economic Growth is No Salvation
By Sean Sweeney
The Assault from the Right
Tea Party America and the Born-Again Politics of the Populist Right
By Darren Dochuk
The Right-to-Work Offensive: Tracking the Spread of the Anti-Union Virus
By Peter Rachleff
The Feminization of Austerity
By Mimi Abramovitz
Working-Class Voices of Contemporary America
Working on the Railroad, Walking in Beauty: The Voices of Navajo Railroad Workers
By Jay Youngdahl
Roots of Rebellion: A Guide to Insurgencies from Coast to Coast
Traitors to Their Class
By Peter Dreier and Chuck Collins
Books and the Arts
Out of the Mainstream: Books and Films You May Have Missed
By Matt Witt
Poetry