Working-age poor population highest since '60s: http://ping.fm/VMack

Stiglitz: "President wasn’t willing to fight... for the kind of stimulus that the economy really needed": http://bit.ly/oNLqKU

Murdoch knew phone hacking went wider: lawyer

Murdoch knew phone hacking went wider: lawyer (Reuters)

Time Magazine: Is Obama Bad for the Environment?: http://bit.ly/poTcgX

Obama ratings sink to new lows as hope fades: http://wapo.st/oIXdSA

I keep hearing this nonsense about Obama's plans being blocked by the Republicans in Congress. How come Clinton didn't have that problem?

President Obama's Detroit Labor Day Speech Transcript: http://bit.ly/pIBBkl

Solidarity March held at the the New York Sate Fair by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council. http://ping.fm/He69E

The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them: http://bit.ly/oEiZd8

31 people shot in NYC in 48 hours: http://nyp.st/oHB1VO

Unemployment Highest for Blacks in 27 Years: http://bit.ly/osM32h

"Labor Day, a Union Holiday": http://bit.ly/nSYNEg

Does Ella May Wiggins deserve a memorial championing workers' rights?: http://bit.ly/nH3KBB

You still don't believe in Global Warming, Rick: "Fierce Texas wildfire destroys 300 homes": http://bit.ly/oHW8W2

“Class warfare is being waged by politicians protecting the super rich — and they’re winning.”: http://bit.ly/rrV30N

"Mass layoffs" in U.S. up 3 percent:: http://bit.ly/riA3iV

Labor unions adjust to new reality under Obama: http://bit.ly/oQ73St

Fareed Zakaria: U.S. ranks near bottom in number of paid vacation days (13). The Europeans and other countries get 3 times as many.

"...for the first time since 1945, the net change in the number of new jobs created in August was exactly ... zero.": http://bit.ly/rd6ZKv

Faced With An Angry Public, Lawmakers Abandon Town Halls: http://bit.ly/pY789e