New Orleans Every once in a while, the New York Times prints a section for children. The alerting tag line is an admonishment for adults to not read the section. What is it about being told not to read something, that draws me to it immediately. In this instance my curiosity was richly rewarded. There …
Month: May 2018
“The Organizer” is a Way to Gather the Tribes
Oakland Running up and down California from south to north and back and forth to do Q&A after trial screenings with the documentary, “The Organizer,” and coupling that with my new book, Nuts & Bolts: The ACORN Fundamentals of Organizing, I have been trying to determine how we might use the film as an organizing …
Superrich NFL Owners Botch Anthem Protests Rule
San Francisco It is unclear what the National Football League owners wanted to accomplish with their new rule about how to handle anthem protests. The players’ union is clear that this is a unilateral rule change without consultation or bargaining, which should mean that it is dead on arrival and violates labor law. Player protestors …