politics
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Observations From a Trip to China: Part I
Photo: Professor Lu Zhang speaks about labor conditions inside Chinese auto factories. By Stephanie Luce I recently returned from two weeks in China, where I participated in a scholar exchange sponsored by the American Sociology Association, Labor and Labor Movements section. The exchange was the third piece of an ongoing effort to increase communication and collaboration…
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Journalists Gather to Discuss Labor and the Elections at Murphy
Last Friday, Sarah Jaffe, Juan Gonzalez, Errol Louis, Michael Hirsch and Ed Ott participated in a panel discussion in front of a packed house here at Murphy. The panelists analyzed the 2014 midterm elections, looking at what happened this time around and discussing the implications for the future. Miss the Forum? Check out the livestream,…
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The growing disjunction in education policy
This article originally appeared on The Hill. By Basil Smikle Jr. A flurry of activity among education reformers across the country exposes a growing bifurcation within its ranks, uncovered by recent challenges to teacher tenure in New York. Former CNN anchor Campbell Brown’s Partnership for Educational Justice, which recently recruited renowned attorneys David Boies and…
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Hillary Clinton’s commitment to civil rights
This article originally appeared on The Hill. By Basil Smikle Jr. On a subfreezing morning in January 2003, then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) walked to the pulpit of Trinity Baptist Church’s Martin Luther King Day celebration in the Bronx to make a startlingly rousing speech to their predominantly African-American congregation. Typically, such speeches are principally aspirational —…
