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Stephanie Luce Interviews Annelise Orleck for Jacobin
With Janus placing public sector unions on the chopping block while West Virginia teachers stage a wildcat strike for their rights, what’s the right way to feel about the future of labor? Is the picture as bleak as we’ve been made to think, or might there be glimmers of hope portending a brighter future ahead? Murphy…
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Event: A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History (3/7)
Wednesday, March 7th , 2018 12 pm-1pm The Murphy Institute, 25 W. 43rd St., New York, NY Room 18A The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the…
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The Murphy Institute Welcomes New Staff
As the Murphy Institute prepares for the fall 2018 semester—our first as the CUNY School for Labor an Urban Studies—we are very pleased to announce four new appointments that will add luster to our already exceptional faculty and staff. Basil Smikle and James Steele have been appointed to our full-time faculty as Distinguished Lecturers in Politics…
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