Beatrice Lumpkin
LATEST ARTICLES BY Beatrice Lumpkin
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Opinion
Communist teacher turned health minister leads pandemic fight in India
December 2, 2020Shailaja’s passion for science led her to become a physics and biology teacher. The class struggle in India drew her to the Communist Party.
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Opinion
Justice for fossil fuel workers—Pass the Green New Deal
February 11, 2020The big banks and energy giants are getting ready to pick up their ill-got gains and run, while they dump the fossil fuel workers.
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Opinion
65 years after Brown vs. Board: What happened to multicultural education?
May 17, 2019How much progress have we made in getting racism out of our schools since Brown vs. Board?
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Opinion
Needed: A shorter work week
December 17, 2018Productivity is higher than ever thanks to technology...so why are we all still working so much?
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Labor
After Janus decision, teachers say: “We’re sticking with the union!”
July 19, 2018The American Federation of Teachers isn't letting the Supreme Court slow it down. The union just hit its biggest membership number ever: 1.7 million.
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U.S.
99-year-old activist to Southwest Airlines: Stop age discrimination
April 9, 2018Approaching the age of 100, activist Bea Lumpkin doesn't have time to waste with policies that discriminate against seniors.
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Politics
The Russian Revolutions: 1905 and 1917
December 6, 2017Lenin said 1905 saw “the temporary defeat of the Russian Revolution.” Just like that time, the 1990s defeat of socialism will also prove temporary.
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World
U.S. and Cuban scientists meet in Havana
October 19, 2017While Trump tries to reverse Pres. Obama’s normalization of U.S.-Cuba relations, scientists of the two countries are moving closer together.
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