Introducing Authoritarian Alarm:
A New Home for a Critical Conversation
For the past 18+ years, I've written about the intersection of law, policy, and the American workplace. But more and more, the news I feel compelled to cover—and the commentary I'm driven to write—has expanded far beyond employment law and HR drama.
Because the truth is, something much bigger is happening in this country.
America today barely resembles the nation it claims to be. In our institutions, our politics, and even our public discourse, we're beginning to mirror the authoritarianism we've spent the last 249 years claiming to oppose. We're becoming what the Founding Fathers created this country to resist.
So I've launched something new: Authoritarian Alarm—a Substack newsletter dedicated to tracking America’s quickening slide into authoritarianism. My first post is now available: We've become everything we've fought against for 249 years.
If you've valued my perspective on these issues before, I hope you'll join me there. Subscribe, share, and help me sound the alarm.
Because silence is complicity.
And democracy doesn't defend itself.
Here's what I read this week that you should read, too.
The Kids Are Organizing—and the Law Can’t Keep Up — via Michael VanDervort's Labor Relatedly
The National Labor Relations Act worked for 90 years. Suddenly, it's in the crosshairs — via William B. Gould IV, professor of law emeritus at Stanford Law and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, writing at the Los Angeles Times
Six Ways a 78-Year-Old Law is Still Screwing Workers — via CounterPunch
SCOTUS Endorses Disappearing People — via The Firewall
When ICE arrives: A strategic communications playbook — via Ragan Communications
Finally, Some DHS Guidance for Employers Dealing with the Termination of Work Authorization for CHNV Parolees — via BeLabor the Point
Finally, Some DHS Guidance for Employers Dealing with the Termination of Work Authorization for CHNV Parolees — via BeLabor the Point
This CEO's Rant Against HR Went Viral. It's a Lesson in What Not to Do — via Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady, writing at Inc.
"If she went along with it, it's not harassment." Employers: Stop. Rewind. Think again. — via The Emplawyerologist
A Meme, a Minister, and a Judge Who Was Not Amused — via Eric Meyer's Employer Handbook Blog
Worker pessimism, uncertainty and disconnect reach 'critical levels,' survey finds — via HR Dive
I've Got a "Question" For You: 25 years of "Once in your life…" — via Time and Temperature by Rhett Miller
25 Years Later, De Stijl by The White Stripes Remains a Dime-Store Masterpiece — via Consequence
25 Years Later, De Stijl by The White Stripes Remains a Dime-Store Masterpiece — via Consequence