Month: May 2006

Evo Morales has found a way to get Bolivia on the front pages of the U.S. media: Send in the soldiers to take over the country’s oil fields. The dramatic action garnered major attention, and quickly a major backlash, with foreign governments and industry analysts saying Bolivia was jeopardizing its ability to attract and maintain…

Employers are winning lots of points in the media for their demonstrated understanding of immigrants’ desire to participate in today’s “Day Without An Immigrant” protests and boycott. To a considerable extent, employers have little choice but to authorize a job action their workers are going to undertake anyway. But there’s more going on here than…