Josh Eidelson
Dems mustn’t use Nader’s re-run as scapegoat

Ralph Nader once wrote, “Your greatest teacher is your last mistake.” These words seemed strangely appropriate Sunday as Nader, who four Novembers ago bucked the […]

Keep standards for faith-based groups

On Feb. 3, Jim Towey, director of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, visited St. Thomas Moore Chapel and pledged that he […]

Bank must heed community outcry

Tonight at 5 p.m., the Banking Department of the state of Connecticut will hear public testimony on the New Haven Saving Bank’s scheme to merge […]

Supressing racial statistics will not fix tensions

Due to the media blitz surrounding Arnold’s California coup last week, precious little attention accompanied a progressive victory with tremendous national implications — the defeat […]

After the strike, 23 days later, where does Yale stand now?

On Friday, as members of locals 34 and 35 approved new contracts with Yale University, students marked the end of a challenging and difficult 23 […]

The workers behind the leaders

Over the nine days that workers have been striking, the intense media coverage has resurrected an old Yale title: worst labor relations at an American […]

Don’t take the path of least resistance

Today, this community faces the largest strike in its history. One year ago our leaders promised us a “new era in labor relations”; last month […]

Fight for your right to speak out

Last Monday, eight students distributed leaflets to classmates, visitors and faculty for an hour as they passed on their way to lunch or class. A […]

Strike 101: what you should know

Within a month, this campus may experience its 12th labor strike in 60 years. Our administration’s contingency planning is well underway, from stipends for students […]

Israeli Boim Bill assaults human rights

The Boim Bill presented to the Israeli Parliament last week represents a further threat to human rights, international law, and conscientious dissent in Israel and […]

Unions and civil disobedience – Josh Eidelson

Tonight, on College Street, I will be arrested for the first time in my life. A month ago, I could not have imagined being where […]