Pearl River Don’t ever ask yourself what they may come up with next. You may not want to know! The latest from Christian nationalists that seems to be moving from the launching pad to someplace near you is school chaplains. Who knew we needed such a thing in public schools? Isn’t that why there …
A Union’s Wake and Resistance
Pearl River I hardly remembered talking to Jesse Chanin years ago, back in the pre-Covid times, about the role of the teachers’ union, UTNO, the United Teachers of New Orleans, in the labor movement and the community. Hearing from her that all of her work had finally come to fruition in a book, Building …
Respect the History of Struggle
New Orleans In training organizers, one thing I always remind them as they begin an organizing drive in a neighborhood, housing block, or workplace is to always ask and listen carefully when they talk to people, so that they can unearth what has come before them in this struggle. In my book, a …