Marcia Crone, a little-known federal district court judge in Beaumont, Tex., played David to President Obama’s Goliath when she blocked most of an executive order that would have widespread impact on companies nationwide.
His “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” directive was years in the making when it was suddenly halted, at least temporarily, the day...
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Illinois unions, road builders pushing transportation lockbox amendment
For years, Illinois lawmakers and governors have turned to the state's road fund in times of financial distress, repeatedly using money drivers cough up at the pump and secretary of state's office to patch budget holes instead of repaving highways or repairing railways.
But that money pot soon could be declared off limits. Voters will see...
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Occupy Didn’t Just “Change the Conversation.” It Laid the Foundation for a New Era of Radical Protest.
Five years ago, on the morning of September 17th, 2011, the only continuous inhabitant of Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park was a bronze statue of a businessman, seated permanently on a bench on the park’s west side.
That, of course, was before hundreds of demonstrators descended and built an...
Harvard professor identifies the ‘worst nightmare’ in America right now
“The confused national discourse about our economy and future prosperity in this election year is our worst nightmare,” Harvard Professor Michael Porter writes. “There is almost a complete disconnect between the national discourse and the reality of what is causing our problems and what to do about them. This misunderstanding of facts and...
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