Kari Lydersen - In These Times

Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and assistant professor at Northwestern University, where she leads the investigative specialization at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Her books include Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago’s 99%.

Police and Firefighters Unions Join List of Public Employees Targeted by Chicago Mayor Emanuel

Austerity Debate in Ireland Heats Up as EU Treaty Vote Nears

As Mines Develop in Michigan, a Reminder of Copper’s Complex Past

Will More Austerity Work for Ireland?

New Chicago Air Cargo Center: More Chinese Imports, and More Jobs?

Pearls Along the Mississippi: An Unsung Labor Hero Gets Her Due

Sisyphus and Labor: Chicago Play Celebrates Workers’ Struggles, Past and Present

Exiled Mexican Union Leader Wins Standoff With Govt. After Court Decision

A Shout-Out to GlobalPost’s Labor Series ‘Worked Over’

Chicago Lunch Ladies Push for Fresh Food for Students…and Job Security

In Aspen, Privileged Class Pits Immigrant Workers Against Environment

Keeping the Dream Alive: Undocumented Students Eye Uncertain Future, as Federal Reform Stalls

Living the Story: Undocumented Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Pushes Reform

‘We Don’t Go to Work to Be Touched’: Sexual Harassment in the Warehouse

A Toast to a Good Employer: New Belgium Brewery

The ‘Creative Class’ and Comeback Cities: Beyond the Hype

Rio Tinto Is on the Stand Over Olympic Medals, Shareholder Meeting

Labor Leaders Take Alabama Immigration Law Repeal Bid to Berlin

New Arizona Law Allows 12-Hour Mining Shifts Underground

Steelworkers in Arizona’s ‘Copper Triangle:’ A Proud History Fading

In an Arizona Mining Town Left Behind, Dreams for the Future

Chicago’s Cafe YO! Combines Youth Jobs, Activism, and Caffeine

Oil and Gas Mean Misery and Forced Labor—Not Jobs—in Developing Countries

Getting on the BRT Bus: U.S. Cities Eye Mexico Program That Benefits Workers

Bargaining in Public? Pressure Builds on Colorado Teachers Unions

National Nurses United, Local Labor Groups Say Protest Show Will Go On After G8 Switch

Coal Plant Closings Nationwide Mean Better Air, But Fewer Jobs

Driverless Trains and the ‘Mine of the Future’: Are Workers Becoming Obsolete?

Cleaner Air, but Fate of Laid-Off Workers Clouds Coal Plant Closing

Another Victory for Southern Calif. ‘Carwasheros’

‘There’s a Ripple Effect’: A Chicago Librarian Speaks Out About Cutbacks

Not So Sweet: The Intricacies of Big and Little Sugar

A Disturbing Peek Under the ‘Tilted Kilt’

Closing Time at Chicago Libraries Hits Women and Minorities Hard

The Golden Toilet Marches On, Inspires Calls for Development Reform in Chicago

Golden Toilet Does the Job in Chicago

Chicago Mayor’s Facebook Town Hall Leaves Teachers, Parents Venting

‘Get a Job’? Not So Easy for Teens, as Adults Snap Up Openings

Lockout at Quebec Rio Tinto Aluminum Smelter Drags On

Partial Victory Bittersweet for Laid-Off Bakery Worker at Center of Class-Action Suit

Letter From Colombia: In Plastic Surgery Capital, How Real is the New Face?

Opposition Erupts as Chicago City Council Passes G8/NATO Summit Ordinances

Republic Windows Redux? Chicago Bakery Faces Class Action Suit for Pre-Christmas Closure

All in a Day’s Work…Behind Bars

Working on Ice: The Pros and Cons of Antarctic ‘Summer’ Jobs

The Secret of Rocky Flats: The Never-Ending Story of a Cold War Plutonium Plant

The Immigration Debate at Year’s End: Conflict and Contradiction

Wage Theft at Mom and Pop Stores—and How to Fight It

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