Yvonne Yen Liu

Public Sector Attacks Undermine Racial Progress

Yvonne Yen Liu Oct 7, 2011

In March 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tenn. to support 1,300 striking sanitation workers who toiled…

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America’s Food Sweatshops and the Workers of Color Who Feed Us

Yvonne Yen Liu Feb 17, 2011

Juan Baten came to this country from Guatemala seven years ago in search of a better life. A bus…

Congress Drops the Ball on Welfare Reform—Again

Yvonne Yen Liu Dec 3, 2010

Welfare has been extended by Congress this week, without any major changes, and is now on President Obama’s desk…

We’re Still Waiting On Those Green Jobs

Yvonne Yen Liu Nov 12, 2010

Green jobs are in the news, again. This time, Monica Potts asks where is the green economy, that was…