Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier is E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. His latest book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame, was just published by Nation Books.

Articles

A Moral Minimum Wage (Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, Parties, Politics)

The Democrats should start framing economic justice as a moral issue.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Union Makes Its Bed (Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, States, Unions, Politics)

On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees--all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE--walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their contracts expire

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Poverty in the Suburbs (Urban Issues, Poverty, Politics)

Hidden in a Census Bureau report on poverty released in late August is a factoid with significant political and social consequences. Poverty has moved to the suburbs.

Peter Dreier

Letters

SIZE DOESN'T MATTER...

Washington, DC

Peter Dreier, Our Readers and Richard Appelbaum

SweatX Closes Up Shop (Sweatshops)

The pilot manufacturing factory for SweatX, the noble anti-sweatshop brand that aspired to prove that fully unionized and even worker-owned garment factories can thrive in a sea of sweatshops, qu

Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum

Where Are the Jocks for Justice? (Sports, Social Justice, Activism, Dissent After 9-11)

Cultural changes and lucrative endorsements may explain a drop in activism.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

A Watershed Strike (Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, States, Politics)

The retail food workers strike in California may be the first in a series of battles that could shape the future of labor-management relations throughout the US.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Lobbying for Peace (US Wars and Military Action)

All social movements need an "outside" strategy and an "inside"
strategy. The growing number of people participating in rallies and
marches in opposition to President George W.

Peter Dreier

The Rich Have Reason to Rejoice (Bush Administration, Politics)

In Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge was forced to view his own death in order to gain some self-awareness of his life as the epitome of cruelty and selfishness.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Patriotism's Secret History (Cultural Criticism and Analysis, Non-fiction)

Our most cherished national symbols--from the Pledge of Allegiance to "America the Beautiful" to Lady Liberty's poetry--are rooted in liberal ideals.

Peter Dreier and Dick Flacks