All 14 articles by Amy Dean

• 29 Jan 13

• Features

  Reforming Immigration? Don’t Forget About Workers

  The United States must remain the land of opportunity. MORE »

• 19 Nov 12

• Features

  Help Obama Find His Shoes

  Progressives need to pressure Obama to stick up for workers as promised. MORE »

• 12 Nov 12

• Features

  How Teachers Unions Lead the Way to Better Schools

  Diane Ravitch upends the "bad teachers" narrative. MORE »

• 23 Mar 11

• Working

  One Right-Wing Strategy Creates a Thousand Local Battles

  Michigan? Ohio? Indiana? In the wake of Republican Governor Scott Walker's over-the-top attacks on public sector workers in... MORE »

• 01 Mar 11

• Working

  Not a Union Member?: Why You Should Care About Wisconsin (or Ohio, or Michigan)

  After two weeks of protests in Wisconsin, we are now watching demonstrations spread across the country. Over the... MORE »

• 21 Feb 11

• Working

  Finding Budget Solutions, Not Scapegoats: Lessons from an Oregon Victory

  This week, as President Obama unveiled the federal budget and state legislatures across the country continued heated battles... MORE »

• 24 Jan 11

• Working

  Mr. President: The Fight for the Middle Class Isn’t in Washington

  Tuesday night, the nation will focus its attention on the president’s State of the Union address,... MORE »

• 15 Dec 10

• Working

  Tax Cuts Create Jobs? Prove It.

  Almost every piece of legislation passed in Washington these days is pushed forward in the name of creating... MORE »

• 10 Nov 10

• Features

  A New Blueprint for Change

  A revived progressive program must be built year-round, at the local level. MORE »

• 29 Sep 10

• Working

  Moves Against Off-Shoring Should Be More Than Political Afterthought

  Yesterday, Democrats failed working people and demonstrated once more how wide the gulf has become between political rhetoric... MORE »

• 07 Sep 10

• Working

  How to Revive Workers’ Rights in a New Economy

  We must consider how a new generation of unions can become relevant in a transformed economy. Every Labor... MORE »

• 09 Jun 10

• Working

  Why Taking on Blanche Lincoln Was the Right Call

  Challenges within the primaries allow us to define what it means to be a real Democrat—to... MORE »

• 31 Mar 10

• Working

  A Flexible Economy Needs a Nimble Labor Board

  Editor's note: Amy Dean, author of A New New Deal, is the subject of a new InTheseTimes.com 20... MORE »

• 26 Mar 10

• In Person With...

  Amy Dean

  "Labor should be woven into the civic fabric of local communities—as much as local Chamber of Commerces are," says the veteran activist and co-author of the new book A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement. MORE »