Peter Dreier: In the military, McCain was a hero. But yesterday, on the Senate floor, McCain was a coward.
Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier teaches Politics and chairs 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)
Joe and Mika Owe America An Apology
ost media reports have portrayed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as aggrieved victims of Donald Trump’s Thursday twitter tantrum. It can’t be pleasant to be attacked so personally by the president, but Scarborough and Brzezinski are fighting back. On their MSNBC show “Morning Joe” on Friday and in an op-ed column in theWashington Post entitled […]
Why Did Democrats Ossoff and Parnell Lose Their Congressional Races In Georgia And South Carolina?
Peter Dreier: Pundits will be debating this question for a long while, but there’s one factor that made a huge difference.
Big Money Wins Big in LA School Board Race
Nick Melvoin and his billionaire backers dramatically outspent school board president Steve Zimmer’s campaign, making the District 4 race the most expensive in LAUSD history.
Who Are the Out-of-Town Billionaires Trying to Defeat Steve Zimmer?
The so-called “Independent” campaign for Melvoin — funded by big oil, big tobacco, Walmart, Enron, and other out-of-town corporations and billionaires — has included astonishingly ugly, deceptive, and false attack ads against Zimmer.
Nixon Redux?
“Tuesday Afternoon Massacre” firing of Comey reveals another big lie. Could it lead to Trump’s impeachment and resignation?
Pasadena’s Fuller Seminary Wants to Profit from Gentrification: City Officials Should Say “No”
If Fuller Seminary gets its way, the Pasadena Planning Commission, and then the City Council, will reverse a policy it approved a decade ago that requires the theological school to maintain affordable housing for its students
Fifty Years After King’s Famous Anti-War Speech, America Is Again Debating Guns Versus Butter
Peter Dreier: The Riverside Church speech, however, garnered considerable national publicity because the anti-war movement was gaining momentum…
Conversation on Immigrant Rights & Action — May 4th
Don’t miss a conversation with Pablo Alvarado, one of the nation’s leading immigrant rights activists, on Thursday, May 4, at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Three Cheers for the Perez-Ellison DNC Team to Move the Democrats in a Progressive Direction
Peter Dreier: The battle between Ellison and Perez was often portrayed as a struggle between the party’s “progressive” and the “establishment” wings. That’s a mischaracterization. Both Ellison and Perez are long-time progressives.
Dear So-Called President Trump: Where’s My Protest Paycheck?
Peter Dreier: Last week you Tweeted that “Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters are proving the point of the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Protest PaycheckThank you for the reminder.
57 Years Ago Today – How Four College Students Started a Revolution
Peter Dreier: In hundreds of cities across the country, Americans of conscience — led by churches and synagogues, unions, and college students — demonstrated their support for the sit-ins by picketing in front of Woolworths stores, urging people to boycott the national chain until it desegregated its Southern lunch counters.
Protesters Make Citizens’ Arrest on Wells Fargo CEO
Peter Dreier: The demonstrators demanded that the bank cease foreclosing on innocent victims and instead agree to modify mortgages and reduce loan principals to help struggling homeowners remain in their homes.
