By Mike Elk CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE – Khristy Wilkinson, a 36-year-old, tattoo-adorned, stay-at-home mom, doesn’t look like your typical Eastern Tennessee politician. Before this year, she had never even considered running for public office, but says that she was inspired to run by the success of Bernie Sanders. Until recently, Wilkinson

In this hump day edition of the Folk Labor Desk, JP continues a discussion he started in last week’s Lunch Pail about the relationship between blues and bluegrass music, accompanied by guitar and mandolin. He also talks about the unionizing efforts at Law360, where over 80 percent of the

By Mike Elk It’s Payday Folks! Greetings from Chattanooga, Tennessee! This week’s Lunch Pail goes out to Eduardo Soto. Thanks for signing up as a supporter of Payday Report. If you like our coverage about workers who are trying to improve their conditions, you can join Eduardo and

By Mike Elk Earlier today, the 130 editorial employees of Law360 opted to join the New York NewsGuild. According to the NewsGuild, “an overwhelming majority” of newsroom employees opted to join the Guild. Law360, owned by the LexisNexis Group, is one of the fastest legal news organizations in the country.