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The country will take a moment of silence at 8:46 this morning. And rightly so. It was awful day. But as we mourn the thousands of lives tragically lost when passenger jets crashed into the twin towers in NYC, we…
The ways in which Second Wave feminism left its imprint on our politics, economics, and culture over the past half century have been greatly underestimated in many quarters. I still hear people dismiss it as a “middle class” movement that…
Below is a moving appreciation and obit of Leon Wofsy. The authors knew him well. I only met Leon, and regretfully so, late in his (and my) life, but I will greatly miss him. On my last visit to the…
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will” may sound like a cool turn of phrase, but it doesn’t fit this moment. Yes, great challenges exist. And none more important than the elections next year. But they aren’t insurmountable. A…
I’m not sure what the value is of articles on bottom up organizing in the community or labor movement that are filled with lots of prescriptive advice — do this and that, we need this and that — and the…