How a grassroots group of baseball fans battled the Detroit power structure to revitalize a historic baseball field.
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 inCivil Rights in America
Caught on Camera: Police Racism
A recent wave of police violence against African Americans isn’t anything new. It’s just been caught on video.
Posted inWorking in America
Song for an Unsung Hero
In his revelatory biography of community organizer Fred Ross Sr., Gabriel Thompson traces the roots of today’s progressive movement.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Three Strategies to Beat the NRA
Gun safety advocates who until now have relied largely on traditional lobbying need to broaden their strategy to include partnerships with gun owners and civil disobedience.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Farewell to ‘Darling Corey’ Lewandowski
Donald Trump just said, “you’re fired” to his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. This was predictable. In fact, it was predicted years ago in a traditional bluegrass folk song called “Darling Corey.” The Corey in the song is a woman, but otherwise it fits the tragedy of Corey Lewandowski to a tee. Her fate was sealed […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is Donald Trump a Bald Bald-Faced Liar?
It is well established that Donald Trump is a liar. Many journalists have documented his consistent disregard for the truth. For example, the highly regarded Politifact points out that 76 percent of Trump’s statements are “mostly false,” “false,” or “pants-on-fire” outrageous lies. But Politifact didn’t bother to investigate Trump’s comments about one of his most […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Five-Point Plan for Sanders
Bernie Sanders supporters are still convinced that he can win the Democratic nomination, but at this point they would do better to help him build a progressive legacy.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
The Jackie Robinson Story: Ken Burns Documentary Captures the Man and the Movement
The Ken Burns documentary airing on PBS this week demonstrates how the fight to break baseball’s racial barrier went beyond Robinson’s personal heroism and rested on a broad political movement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
“The Full Spectrum of the Republican Party”
In his victory speech Tuesday night after winning the Wisconsin primary, Senator Ted Cruz pointed to his endorsements from former GOP presidential candidates former Texas Governor Rick Perry, Senator Lindsey Graham, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, as proof that he has the “full spectrum of the Republican Party […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Fight for 15 Won
A timeline of the events that led to California’s progressive victory
