interviews

25 days on strike at Starbucks: Interview with worker and organizer Spencer Costigan

August 12, 2022 By Jacob Buckner

Workers at 874 Commonwealth Avenue walked off the job over a divisive anti-union benefits plan and the installation of an awful new manager.

‘Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson’ back in print

March 18, 2022 By C.J. Atkins

Ballad of an American: The Autobiography of Earl Robinson has just been reissued in a new paperback edition.

Working Families Party director, Sochie Nnaemaka, says her party gives voters a real choice

November 30, 2021 By Michael Arney

She supports the rank choice voting system adopted in New York for the primaries, saying the system allows people to more fully vote their values.

‘Speaker for the God’: Historical fiction about Jeremiah illuminates enduring social issues

December 14, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

Jeremiah, like other biblical prophets, was a spokesperson for the poor and powerless. He also warned the ruling class of his day to take the Babylonian threat seriously.