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Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier is the E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. His most recent book is The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame (Nation Books, 2012).

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Dec 10, 2017
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News Analysis

How a Shadow Drug Industry Tries to Avoid Regulation

Big pharma attempts to avoid regulations in order to cover their tracks.
by
Peter Dreier &
Donald Cohen,
Cry Wolf Project
April 30, 2013
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Is the Supreme Court Going to Settle for “States’ Rights” on Same-Sex Marriage?

Today’s version of antimiscegenation laws are those that prohibit same-sex marriage.
by
Peter Dreier,
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April 5, 2013
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Environment & Health

The Fire Last Time

100 years after the Triangle fire, we still hear the same rhetoric whenever reformers seek to use government to businesses act more responsibly.
by
Peter Dreier &
Donald Cohen,
New Republic
March 27, 2013
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News Analysis

Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School “Reform” In LA?

The Waltons want to turn our educational choices into a junior version of the corporate world.
by
Peter Dreier,
Moyers & Company
March 5, 2013
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Radical Reading: The Progressive Dr. Seuss

Seuss uses ridicule, satire, wordplay and nonsense words to take aim at bullies and demagogues.
by
Peter Dreier,
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February 28, 2013
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Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good for Business (But the Corporate Lobby Doesn’t Think So)

Studies reveal that higher minimum wage levels do not force employers to lay off workers.
by
Peter Dreier &
Donald Cohen,
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February 22, 2013
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Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique”: 50 Years Later

The Feminine Mystique – published on February 19, 1963 – catalyzed the modern feminist movement.
by
Peter Dreier,
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February 17, 2013
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Henry Wallace, America’s Forgotten Visionary

One of the great ‘what if’ questions of the 20th century is how America would have been different if Henry Wallace rather than Harry Truman had been VP…
by
Peter Dreier,
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February 3, 2013
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25 Best Progressive Victories in 2012

Peter Dreier looks back at 2012 and 25 powerful progressive victories, including elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization.
by
Peter Dreier,
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January 6, 2013
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Eleanor – The Radical Roosevelt Deserves Her Own Worthy Film

Eleanor Roosevelt was a bold progressive and, from the 1930s until her death, one of the most well-known and admired people in the United States and around the…
by
Peter Dreier,
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January 1, 2013
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