Monthly Archives: December 2009

Beyond Chron is taking a two-week hiatus, and will resume normal publication on Monday, January 4th. We wish all our readers a Happy Holiday season, and best wishes for the New Year. Hopefully, 2010 will offer a renewed promise for<br> Read More »

The National Union of Health Workers (NUHW) has won a landmark victory over SEIU for the right to represent non-union workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. The vote was 283 for NUHW, 263 for No Union, 13 for SEIU, with<br> Read More »

In the end, the man who once claimed he raised a baby from the dead could not perform the same feat for himself. Evangelical giant Oral Roberts, who pioneered the use of television to spread his brand of Christian fundamentalism,<br> Read More »

“I’m going to have all the [health care] negotiations around a big table. And it will be televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents and who are making arguments on<br> Read More »

Beyond Chron Editor Randy Shaw has written two inspiring books that would make excellent gifts for your favorite activists this holiday season. Shaw’s The Activist Handbook provides a nuts and bolts guide to strategic organizing for change, and offers a<br> Read More »