Thinkprogress fired all of its union workers 6 months ago. Since it was the Center for American Progress doing it, it was possible to just dismiss the event.

When we forget that politics is about weaving a fabric of compassion and justice on which everyone can depend, the first to suffer are the most vulnerable among us—our children, our elderly, our mentally ill, our poor, and our homeless. As they suffer, so does the integrity of our democracy. —Parker Palmer