Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
RBG hits the big screen again in ‘On the Basis of Sex’
January 9, 2019Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has so many fervent admirers, she’s practically become a cottage industry in America.
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Books
‘Communism for Kids’—but mostly for grownups with imagination
December 27, 2018A reader with some background in socialist thinking will readily identify the hopeful, optimistic conclusion with some skepticism, smacking as it does of the early “utopians."
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Labor
Saying “Enough is enough!” Los Angeles teachers set strike date
December 21, 2018A line has been drawn in the sand. All eyes are now set on Jan. 10, 2019.
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World
Wealth, poverty in Zacatecas: Two sides of the same silver coin
December 18, 2018Irony runs deep in Zacatecas: The state’s Latin motto is “Labor vincit omnia”—Work conquers all, including its people.
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World
Preparing the base for Mexico’s new president
December 13, 2018“We’re in the middle of a battle. We need not just generals, but an army."
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Politics
Democrat TJ Cox upsets Republican in California’s 21st CD
December 10, 2018The California delegation currently stands at 46 Democrats to 7 Republicans.
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World
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promises new hope for Mexico’s future
December 7, 2018The new President’s party, Morena, is a coalition of left of center political parties that aims to give a political voice to masses of Mexican people.
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U.S.
This week in history: Pearl Harbor antecedents, the attack, consequences
December 7, 2018This remains relevant as we remember the attack and also the horrific internment of Japanese Americans that followed it.
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