Labor Migration as a Human Supply Chain
Employer recruiting of migrants from other countries creates a transnational network of labor
intermediaries: the “human supply chain.”
Category Archives: Social values
Mexico’s President-Elect Plans to End the Nation’s War on Drugs
Under AMLO, Mexico’s drug policies are likely to see some radical changes.
Read more...The “Illegals” and Our Professional Classes
The nannies who are employed by the professional class on up….
Read more...How Data Service Naviance Helps Students of Elite High Schools Get Into Top Colleges
On the role that Naviance plays in the college application process at elite high schools.
Read more...Who, Exactly, Are the “Illegals,” Anyhow?
Deconstructing the Times’ coverage of an immigration raid
Read more...Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
Obrador promised to implement pro-farmer policies, such as increasing self-sufficiency in food. But will he have gone far enough for them if Mexico stays in Nafta?
Read more...Was Martin Luther King a Socialist?
A new book corrects the tendency of biographers and commentators to airbrush out Martin Luther King’s socialist leanings.
Read more...Women (and Men) of the World, Unite! How to Stand Up to Extremist Orthodox Jews Who Demand You Give Up Your Airline Seat
In the last week, there have been two incidents of women relenting to pressure from airlines to give up their seats to accommodate Orthodox Jewish bigots who refused to be seated next to them. This should be as unacceptable as Klansmen asking blacks to change seats. And let us stress that the ugliest feature of […]
Read more...The Evisceration of Storytelling
Is storytelling really a magical elixir for social change?
Read more...Unlocked And Loaded: Families Confront Dementia And Guns
A public health warning about the dangers of guns to the elderly and their relatives.
Read more...How Cynical Is the Democratic Party’s Support for Identity Politics? (Plus a Note on the Ocasio-Crowley Contest)
Another case study of Democratic Party hypocrisy.
Read more...What We Can Really Learn From Gandhi? “When I Am Arrested”
Gandhi’s overlooked message on the importance of courage and commitment.
Read more...Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Read more...Poor Peoples Campaign Protests All Over US Ignored by Media
A young anti-poverty, anti-discrimination movement, the Poor Peoples Campaign, is starting to get traction.
Read more...Last Exit to the Road Less Traveled
What good is a conventional economics that tells us we can only create jobs and “profit” by literally destroying and despoiling the resources we depend on? That sounds un-economic to me
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