Fall 2009 Articles
From the Editorial Team
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000001
By Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
Will labor champion federal paid family leave and, in so doing, rebuild itself?
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000002
By Gerald Epstein
The Obama administration talks the talk, but will it walk the walk?
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000003
By Max Fraser
Why did EFCA lose ground despite Obama's victory?
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000004
By Marie Gottschalk
How the private sector is undermining universal health insurance.
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000005
By Nandinee K. Kutty and Gregory D. Squires
Off to a promising start, the new administration still has a long way to go.
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000006
By Frances Fox Piven
Economic breakdown demands more than stop-gap measures.
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000007
By Sean Sweeney
Can the labor movement find an alternative to carbon-based industry?
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000008
By Steven A. Reich
In the centennial year of the NAACP, looking back may point the way forward.
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000009
By Anannya Bhattacharjee, Sarita Gupta, and Stephanie Luce
How establishing an Asian floor wage could unshackle workers in the global supply chain.
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000010
By William K. Tabb
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000011
By Walden Bello
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000012
By Robert Pollin
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000013
By Kim Phillips-Fein
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000014
Books and the Arts
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000015
Reviewed by Lisa Duggan
By Lawrence Richards
Reviewed by Angela MacWhinnie
Reviewed by Kitty Krupat
Battle in Seattle
Directed by Stuart Townsend
By Matt Witt
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000016
DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000017