Our social safety net is designed to fail. Our government isn't working for the people. Bold steps are necessary to end this system of oppression, "that replaces our racial and gender caste system with a just and equitable one." READ MORE in this piece by SLU Professors Deepak Bhargava and Mimi Abramovitz and Tammy Thomas … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Faculty Writing
On Labor Day, New Reason Not to Fall for Trump’s Immigrant Threat Narrative
By Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman, for Gotham Gazette Among the many conversations I’ve had about the upcoming election, one stands out in my mind. It was with an old friend who is riding out the pandemic in upstate New York. She told me about an acquaintance of hers there, a white male construction worker, who is … Continue Reading ››
Prof. Sofya Aptekar’s Recent Publications
Prof. Sofya Aptekar recently joined SLU after spending six years teaching in sociology and critical ethnic and community studies at UMass Boston. And she's had a busy summer publishing articles and presenting papers. Here's some of what she's been up to:
- An op-ed with Shannon Gleeson in In These Times entitled “All Undocumented Immigrants … Continue Reading ››
Prof. Freeman on Teaching During the Pandemic
Beloved Prof. Josh Freeman ended his teaching career with a labor history course for masters-level students at SLU during a semester unlike any he'd experienced before. Prof. Freeman reflected on his experience teaching — and saying goodbye to teaching — during a global pandemic in a recent post on Tropics of … Continue Reading ››
Profs. Fox Piven and Bhargava on the Presidential Elections in the Intercept
The upcoming presidential elections could present a great test of American institutions. If the sitting US president loses the election and refuses to concede power — well, what happens? And how might he go about trying to pull it off? SLU professors Frances Fox Piven and Deepak Barghava tackled these questions in … Continue Reading ››
Marketplace Features Prof. Milkman On Organizing During a Recession
The conventional wisdom states that recessions are terrible times to organize. During the Great Recession, union membership continued to decline, while public approval of unions reached a low. But, in a recent piece on APM's Marketplace, Prof. Ruth Milkman explained that there's an exception to this rule: But in this recession, we’ve Continue Reading ››
