Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier is the E.P. Clapp distinguished professor of politics at Occidental College. He is the author of several books including Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America, published in April, 2022.

Labor OrganizingMarch 6, 2023

How Minor League Ballplayers Won a Union

The players who make America’s pastime possible have had enough of dismal working conditions, and they’re organizing to change them.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
ElectionsOctober 20, 2022

West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch

Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, and the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

Peter Dreier
ActivismJuly 29, 2022

David Moberg, 1943–2022

For over half a century his reports on the labor movement, in The Nation and elsewhere, were a model of activist journalism.

Peter Dreier
SportsFebruary 7, 2022

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enough to make much money—or even a decent pension.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
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SportsAugust 27, 2021

The Ballplayer Who Fought for Free Agency

For his talents on the diamond and his determination off of it, Curt Flood deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Peter Dreier
Social JusticeSeptember 30, 2020

Making Black Lives Matter On and Off the Diamond

It’s time for Major League Baseball to put some substance behind its intentions and match words with deeds.

Peter Dreier and Dave Zirin
SocietySeptember 11, 2020

Tom Seaver’s Major League Protest

When we remember “Tom Terrific,” let’s not forget the way the Mets great, at the height of his fame, stuck his neck out to oppose the war in Vietnam.

Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier
PoliticsJuly 27, 2020

One Cheer for John Kasich

If Kasich can pull potential Republican defectors to Biden, why not ask for his help?

Peter Dreier
EconomyJuly 20, 2020

Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners

When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.

Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
FilmJune 4, 2020

A Lavender League of Their Own

Just in time for Pride Month, a new documentary brings an episode in baseball history out of the closet.

Peter Dreier

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Peter Dreier

Labor OrganizingMarch 6, 2023

The players who make America’s pastime possible have had enough of dismal working conditions, and they’re organizing to change them.

ElectionsOctober 20, 2022

Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, and the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

ActivismJuly 29, 2022

For over half a century his reports on the labor movement, in The Nation and elsewhere, were a model of activist journalism.

SportsFebruary 7, 2022

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enough to make much money—or even a decent pension.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

SportsAugust 27, 2021

For his talents on the diamond and his determination off of it, Curt Flood deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

Social JusticeSeptember 30, 2020

It’s time for Major League Baseball to put some substance behind its intentions and match words with deeds.

SocietySeptember 11, 2020

When we remember “Tom Terrific,” let’s not forget the way the Mets great, at the height of his fame, stuck his neck out to oppose the war in Vietnam.

PoliticsJuly 27, 2020

If Kasich can pull potential Republican defectors to Biden, why not ask for his help?

EconomyJuly 20, 2020

When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.

FilmJune 4, 2020

Just in time for Pride Month, a new documentary brings an episode in baseball history out of the closet.