How Broken Windows Leaves Large Numbers Unemployable
By Mark Naison (August 26, 2015) The other day, one of my friends and tennis partners, a criminal lawyer, gave a chilling account of what a good part of his law practice involves.
Monthly Archive: August 2015
#Allvotesmatter, Except Yours
By Teka Lark (August 24, 2015) “We’re reaching out to everybody,” said Bernie Sanders on NBC’s Meet the Press in response to the disruption of his August 8 downtown Seattle campaign rally by Black Lives Matters Seattle chapter co-founders Marissa Johnson and Mara Jacqueline Willaford. Black people aren’t included in “everybody” and “all.” This “we” and “us” and “everybody”…
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The New Normal
By Paul Messersmith-Glavin (August 23, 2015) Waking up this morning, I read in the paper about hundreds of thousands more dead fish in Oregon rivers cause the water’s too damn warm and of widespread bug infestations in California due to drought and high temperatures, only to look out the front window at the leaves falling from the trees like…
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We Can All Wear the Shoes We Love
By Chris Crass (August 20, 2015) “What shoes do you want to wear to school?” River responded, “The kids at school said I can’t wear my Elsa (Frozen) shoes, because I’m a boy and they said they are girl shoes.”
OSU’s Confederate Legacy: Should Arnold Dining Hall Be Renamed?
By Joseph Orosco (August 19, 2015) Late last week, based on recommendations from a university-wide committee, President Gregory Fenves of the University of Texas at Austin ordered the removal of a prominent statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis from the Main Mall. He explained that taking the statue away was in the interest of “fostering an inclusive environment” and…
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Interview: Heather Wolford
Heather Wolford has been involved in Latin American solidarity, human rights accompaniment, and immigrants’ rights work for several years. She holds masters degrees in International Studies and Public Administration from the University of Oregon, where her academic work focused on political economy, public policy, and social movements in Latin America.
The Terrible Price of Fearing for Your Child’s Safety: A Very Personal Response to Ta-Nehisi Coates
By Mark Naison (August 13, 2015) Let me say at the outset that I cannot be objective in reviewing Ta-Nehisi Coates new book, “Between the World and Me,” which is addressed to his 15 year old son, who burst into tears when learning that the Ferguson Grand Jury refused to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown.
Bernie Sanders and the Wider Failures of “Progressivism”
By Chris Lowe (August 12, 2015) Bernie Sanders as Myth and Symbol. The etiquette of demonstrations at other people’s events. Meh.
Progressives Must Disrupt and Challenge
By Harsha Walia (August 11, 2015) Everyone everywhere complaining about grassroots activists not being ‘strategic’ or ‘effective’ by targeting so-called Left politicians – you’re wrong.
The Bernie Sanders Disruption Test
By Teka Lark (August 10, 2015) In Seattle, Washington on Saturday, August 8 #BlackLiveMatters activists (or someone who said they were #BlackLivesMatters activists) disrupted a Bernie Sanders speaking engagement. I can’t be upset about disruption. My objective is disruption. I am “building” is a scaffold to tear down this system.
What is Bernie Sanders Doing Right Now for Racial Justice?
By Angus Maguire (August 9, 2015) I have a good number of friends going to see Bernie Sanders today in Portland. To those folks, especially #mywhitepeople, you might give some thought ahead of time about how you will act if #blacklivesmatter activists interrupt the event. I have no knowledge of plans to do so, but it seems like a pretty good bet….
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