Articles
Here are some articles I’ve written that draw on the profiles in my new book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame
“Today’s Environmental Activists Stand on David Brower’s Shoulders,” Huffington Post, June 20, 2012
“The Man Behind the March: Remembering Bayard Rustin,” Commonweal, June 1, 2012
“Rules for Radicals – And Conservatives: The Right-Wing World Resurrects Saul Alinsky,” Jewish Currents, Summer 2012
“Activists Visit Geithner’s Home to Ask ‘Which Side Are You On?’” Huffington Post, May 20, 2012
“Rose Parks and Mother Teresa – Justice vs. Charity, ” Huffington Post, May 14, 2012
“Victor Berger One of the Greatest Americans,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, May 6, 2012.
“Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger,” Huffington Post, May 3, 2012
“Activists Breathe New Life into May Day,” The Nation, April 27, 2012.
“Woody Guthrie’s Los Angeles,” Huffington Post, April 10, 2012
“How Rachel Carson and Michael Harrington Changed the World,” Contexts, Spring 2012
“Poverty in America 50 Years After Michael Harrington’s The Other America,” Huffington Post, March 25, 2012
“Can Rush Keep It Up?” Consortium News, March 6, 2010
“C. Wright Mills Would Have Loved Occupy Wall Street,” Truthout, February 29, 2012
“Will The Help’s Oscar Revive Interest in The Long Walk Home?” Huffington Post, February 27, 2012
“Florence Kelley: Pioneer of Labor Reform,” New Labor Forum, Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter 2012
“The Greatest – Muhammad Ali – Turns 70,” Huffington Post, January 17, 2012.
“The GOP’s Attacks on Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood,” Dissent, December 1, 2011.
“The Political Bob Dylan,” Dissent, May 24, 2011. (Reprinted in Huffington Post, TruthOut, and other websites)
“La Follette’s Wisconsin Idea,” Dissent, April 11, 2011