Faculty of the World, Unite?
Penny Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at The Murphy Institute Years of organizing, agitating, occupying and strategizing have brought the issue of low wage and precarious work to the...
View ArticlePolitics, Progressivism and the Future of the Democratic Party
By Basil Anthony Smikle Jr. Earlier this year, Gallup reported that a record number of Americans identify as Independents. Forty-two percent of the country shed traditional political party labels:...
View ArticleSub: The View from the Teaching Underclass
By Joshua Freeman Shortly after graduating college, when I thought we would seize state power in a couple months, or maybe a couple of years, I took a job as a substitute school teacher in Worcester,...
View ArticleThe growing disjunction in education policy
This article originally appeared on The Hill. By Basil Smikle Jr. A flurry of activity among education reformers across the country exposes a growing bifurcation within its ranks, uncovered by recent...
View ArticleSeptember Protests
Photo Credit: Leung Ching Yau Alex via Flickr By Stanley Aronowitz September was an eventful month for social protests. Here at home, an estimated 400,000 marchers filled the streets of New York City...
View ArticleNew Issue of New Labor Forum: Battles Over Education and Immigration
The latest issue of New Labor Forum is about to reach our print subscribers at home. But whether you subscribe or not, you can access our free articles right away on our new and improved website! A...
View ArticleMurphy Prof. Steve Brier in NYTimes Editorial on CUNY
What’s the future of CUNY? To understand what might come, it helps to look at what’s passed. How did CUNY become what it is today? What’s at stake in preserving an autonomous CUNY? An editorial by the...
View ArticleBirth of a Nation and Culturally Responsive Education
Last week at the Murphy Institute, I had the pleasure of meeting Erika Ewing, an Educational Engagement Strategist who works with the CUNY Creative Arts Team. She had just finished running a workshop...
View ArticleWhat’s Coming for Unions under President Trump
This post was originally featured at Labor Notes. By Penny Lewis With the election of Donald Trump as president and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, we are entering a period of...
View ArticleWho Should Control NYC Schools?
This post was originally featured at the Gotham Center. By Stephen Brier The issue of who should control NYC’s public schools, like the poor, apparently will always be with us. These days, or at least...
View ArticleSweden’s School Choice Disaster
By Dyckman Welcome Data suggests that public education is most effective when parents, teachers, students and school administrators collaborate to focus on the individual needs of a child. A...
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