Peter Dreier
Peter Dreier teaches politics and chairs the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. His latest book is The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame (Nation Books, 2012). Follow him on Twitter: @PeterDreier.
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October 24, 2013Historian Peter Dreier explains why Mosset is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America.
October 24, 2013Historian Peter Dreier explains why Poo is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America.
October 24, 2013Historian Peter Dreier explains why Brown is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America.
October 22, 2013Two of the world's most influential money managers got an earful from audience members on the needs of working class families.
August 10, 2013Peter Dreier says the time is right for the civil rights activist with "four strikes against him" to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
July 22, 2013 | Updated September 12, 2013In Richmond, Calif., home prices plummeted 58 percent since their peak. Now the city is trying out a new way to help homeowners refinance—and halt the slide into foreclosure.
July 3, 2013Many of our patriotic verses were penned by progressives, and their most important note may be this: people can disagree with their government and still love their country.
March 2, 2013The Waltons have given more than $1 billion to organizations and candidates who support school privatization.
October 26, 2012Peter Dreier tells Laura Flanders why he thinks California’s Stop Special Interest Money Now Act is really a sneak attack on unions.
May 1, 2012Peter Dreier describes how May 1 will "give voice to the growing crusade for democracy and equality."
