Trying to Inspire a New Generation

Trip Gabriel New York Times
A lineup of civil rights heroes, current movement leaders, labor leaders and Democratic officials addressed a vast crowd that stretched east from the Lincoln Memorial to the knoll of the Washington Monument.

The Story of Gershwin, Harlem and the Blues

Israeli pianist Astrith Baltsan performs Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, explaining the inspiration of the music in the young Gershwin's fascination with Harlem blues.

Deport the Statue

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Claiming and Teaching the 1963 March on Washington

By Bill Fletcher Zinn Education Project
In reality, the demand for jobs was not a throwaway line designed to get trade union support. Instead it reflected the growing economic crisis affecting black workers.

Nickel and Dimed: Working Class Heroes

Ed Rampell Hollywood Progressive
Since the collapse of capitalism in 2008 there has been a rebirth of left-leaning theatre, and Nickel and Dimed is one of this dissident theatrical wave’s finest, most compelling dramas.

Fast Food Workers Standing Up for Themselves – And For Us

Dennis Raj, South Bay Labor Council Labor's Edge: Views from the California Labor Movement
As the economic realities of the new economy continue to affect thousands of unorganized middle and low-wage workers in America, more and more will walk out, stand up and fight. We’ll be there, to stand in solidarity.

Private Gain to a Few Trumps Public Good for the Many

Economist Robert Reich blog
All told, Wall Street’s entitlement is the biggest offered by the federal government, even though it doesn’t show up in the budget. And it’s not even a public good. It’s just private gain.