Episode
3/12 Richard Kahlenberg on Unions as a Civil Right
March 12, 2012
Richard Kahlenberg, Century Foundation Senior Fellow, on the right to unionize, Taft Hartley and why labor movements haven’t seen same progress as 
civil rights movement. Texas fails to get DOJ support for voter ID laws and massacre in Afghanistan fails to provoke real question: why are we there? Plus, in better half, Florida’s anti-Sharia legislation impacts Jewish divorces, female legislators push back, Sydney Moon’s Friday call stirs up listeners and more. Your calls and IMs.
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- 1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025
Happy Martin Luther King Day! MR's compilation of MLK-related audio returns!
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