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Erik Loomis

Erik Loomis is Associate Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island. His latest book is A History of America in Ten Strikes. He blogs daily at Lawyers, Guns, and Money.

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Race

What White Kids Learn About Race in School

Sixty-five years after Brown v. Board of Education, U.S. schools remain largely segregated. This matters not only because white and black students experience very different educational outcomes, but also because school is where children form many of their ideas about race and privilege.

Erik Loomis

Class & Inequality

The Democrats’ Yawning Silence on Trade

The left has not articulated an alternative trade agenda that supports all the world’s workers in a global economy.

Erik Loomis

Politics

Democrats and Labor: Frenemies Forever?

The Democratic Party has hastened the demise of the labor movement, but unions have little choice but to stick with them.

Erik Loomis

Class & Inequality, Politics

Great Exploitations

States are stealing from orphans to pad their budgets. And it's legal.

Erik Loomis

Class & Inequality, Race

Our Own Private Disaster

Terrible schools are still great for business in New Orleans.

Erik Loomis

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