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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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Paul Wellstone’s Legacy

To this day many progressives ask themselves,
by
Peter Dreier,
In These Times
October 25, 2012
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Putting Names to the 1%

American people, like Ana Casas Wilson, facing foreclosure and homeowners with
by
Peter Dreier,
SpeakOut
September 26, 2012
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Excerpt

“A Totally Moral Man”: The Life of Nonviolent Organizer Rev. James Lawson

Memphis segregationists feared the civil rights leader for the most interesting of reasons – a moral man can’t be corrupted or hustled.
by
Peter Dreier,
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August 15, 2012
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Mitt’s Many Mansions and the Foreclosure Crisis

It is time for reporters following Mitt to start asking him some questions about the crisis we face in our housing markets.
by
Peter Dreier,
AlterNet
August 11, 2012
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Yes, Blame the NRA for the Movie Theater Shooting in Colorado

Thanks to the NRA’s incessant lobbying and PR, many Americans believe it is their right to own not just guns like hunting rifles, but assault weapons.
by
Peter Dreier,
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July 25, 2012
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Walmart’s Honest Graft

The uproar over the Wal-Mart bribery scandal in Mexico uncovered last month evokes the famous distinction between u201cdishonest graftu201d and u201chonest graft.u201d
by
Donald Cohen &
Peter Dreier,
Dissent Magazine
June 26, 2012
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Albert Einstein: Radical Citizen and Scientist

Time picked Einstein as its Person of the Century because he changed forever the way the rest of us saw the heavens and ourselves. But Einstein also represented…
by
Peter Dreier,
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June 25, 2012
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News Analysis

The Invisible Poverty of “The Other America” of the 1960s Is Far More Visible Today

Fifty years ago (in March 1962) Michael Harrington wrote a book, “The Other America: Poverty in the United States” – a haunting tour of deprivation in an affluent…
by
Peter Dreier,
Truthout
March 22, 2012
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C. Wright Mills Would Have Loved Occupy Wall Street

C. Wright Mills. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) C. Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago (March 20, 1962) at age…
by
Peter Dreier,
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February 29, 2012
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Grover Norquist’s Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the One Percent

Grover Norquist is fast becoming the man everyone loves to hate – except those who fear him. Norquist, the leader of Americans for Tax…
by
Peter Dreier &
Donald Cohen,
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December 22, 2011
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