Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier, professor of politics at Occidental College, is author of eight books, including Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America.
Posted inWorking in America
The Man Who Put Public-Employee Unions on the Map
Saturday is the 100th birthday of Jerry Wurf, who turned AFSCME into a powerhouse and a champion of equal rights.
Posted inEducation in America
The Highlander Center Won’t Let an Arsonist Extinguish Its Flame of Justice
The Tennessee training center has been a hub of the civil rights movement and progressive organizing since 1932. It appears that hatemongers have again tried to shut it down.
Posted inEducation in America
The College Admissions Scandal: Graft By Any Other Name
Outright bribery may be the exception, but favoring the rich is the rule.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Jackie Robinson: A Legacy of Activism
January 31 is the 100th birthday of the great ballplayer who set the standard for athletes who protest social injustice.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Last President of the Old Ruling Class
George H.W. Bush, 1924-2018
Posted inLaw and Justice
John Roberts (the Tortoise) Is Outrunning Trump (the Hare)
To advance the conservative agenda, Roberts invokes the fiction of a nonpartisan judiciary.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Nine New Democratic Black Congress Members Come From Heavily White Districts
And will boost the Congress’s African American membership to a record-high of at least 55.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Nike Tells Kaepernick: Just Do It
The former quarterback’s new deal with Nike could have mixed effects on social justice.
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Mutiny in the White House
The Times’s anonymous op-ed calls to mind the World War II tale of a ship’s captain losing his marbles and seeking revenge.
