Brendan Coyne is a Core Contributor to The NewStandard. A self-described media and politics junky, Brendan writes The NewStandard's weekly Work Digest and regularly reports on labor, economic, civil liberties and other issues. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland and works as an editorial assistant at The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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01/28/07 Huge Anti-war Demonstration Draws Fed-Up Protesters
10/02/06 Reports Show Economy is Squeezing Most Americans09/11/06 Union Says New Mine Fines Fail to Address ‘Lax’ Enforcement09/01/06 Forest Service Outsourcing Savings ‘Unverifiable,’ Audit Finds08/31/06 Unions Seek Action on ‘Popcorn Lung’08/29/06 Postal Workers Negotiate for Share of Growth06/30/06 Dissident Teamsters Still Agitating for Union Democracy06/06/06 More children, teens prescribed antipsychotic drugs, study says06/01/06 Immigrants Face Retaliation for Asserting Workplace Rights05/11/06 Critics Sound Alarm as Tech Firms Eye Yellowstone03/28/06 All Talk, No Action on Mine Safety
03/24/06 Rhode Island Schools to Quit Abstinence-only Sex Ed03/23/06 Fight over Unionization Methods Stirred by Both Sides*03/13/06 Religious Charity to End Adoption Program over Gay Rights03/10/06 U.S. Senate May Gut State Healthcare Rights Acts03/10/06 No End in Sight for Miami Janitors’ Strike03/09/06 Homeland Security to Grease Wheels of Religious Funding03/09/06 Bush Budget Would Alter ‘Essential’ Census Surveys03/07/06 Conservationists Rev Up Roadless Rule Campaign03/07/06 Supreme Court Backs Campus Military Recruitment03/06/06 Mine-safety Hearings Produce Little03/06/06 Report Finds Few Protections for Pregnant Prisoners03/03/06 Privacy Groups Debate Court Record Access03/01/06 Food-Safety Regulations Threatened by Congress02/28/06 Groups Seek Review of New Trucker Fatigue Law02/28/06 Worker Protections in Immigration Proposal Questioned02/27/06 EPA Sued over Pesticide Human-testing Rule02/27/06 One-sided Prison Census Review Sparks Backlash02/24/06 Store Clerk Meth Sting Challenged as Misguided, Racist02/24/06 Agency Shrugs Off Interior Dept. Worker Health Claims02/22/06 Immigration Agents Endanger Workers in Snaring Scheme02/21/06 School Bus Drivers Latest ‘Terror War’ Recruits02/21/06 Grassroots Group Sues Louisiana over Voting Rights Violations02/20/06 Fastest-growing Jobs Losing Real Value*02/17/06 After Killing Families, U.S. Bars Iraqi Women from Visiting02/17/06 Activists Push Wal-Mart over ‘Morning After Pill’02/16/06 Group Fights Abuse of Gulf Coast Workers, Contracts02/16/06 Groups May Win Release of NSA Spying Documents02/15/06 Day Laborers Face Broad Array of Risks02/14/06 Appeals Court Hears Nebraska Gay Marriage Ban02/14/06 Push is on for ‘Fair Share’ Health Care in Washington State02/14/06 Teachers Push for Accuracy in Michigan Sex-offender Lists02/13/06 White House Looks to Cut EPA Library Funds02/13/06 Cali. OSHA Office Under Fire for Looking Other Way02/10/06 Controversial Passenger Screening Program Delayed02/10/06 House Committee Kills Torture Inquiries02/09/06 Polar Bears May Join Endangered Species List02/09/06 Energy, Enviro. Budgets Don’t Kick Oil Addiction02/08/06 Oil Company Trusts May be a Done Deal02/07/06 Bush Sends Mixed Signals on Workplace Safety