Black Lives Matter Movement and Opportunities Deprived Go Hand In Hand
Originally published on Equal Voice. What does it say about the value of Black lives when too many of those lives are in crumbling schools, drinking poisoned water, finding themselves…
How New York’s “Fight for $15” Launched a Nationwide Movement
Co-authored by Center for Community Change Writing Fellow Wendi C. Thomas. Originally published in the American Prospect. Brooklyn car-wash worker Angel Rebolledo and Bronx fast-food employee Flavia Cabral work in…
Not same-sex marriage, not the Affordable Care Act, that OTHER Supreme Court ruling!
This has been a big week for the United States Supreme Court. Major decisions given over the past two days: to keep in place the Affordable Care Act’s current tax…
Tale of Two Cities
This piece was originally published in The Memphis Flyer. Could Memphis be Baltimore? It’s impossible to watch coverage of Baltimore protests sparked by police brutality and not wonder: Could that…
How Does Great Change Happen?
Great changes in our history have always come through mass pressure from outside combined with receptive leadership in positions of power. President Obama, himself once a community organizer, is fond…