Michelle Kern
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michelle Kern
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Culture
Author Dan Hicks reveals the backstory of ‘contested objects’ in Western museums
March 18, 2021The role of museums in Western culture has been a conversation in art and academia for decades.
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Labor
ILWU shuts down West Coast ports to honor Juneteenth
June 22, 2020All the major ports from Vancouver, Canada to San Diego—were shut down for eight hours June 19 by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
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Opinion
Why is it solely women’s job to fix our sexism problem?
January 5, 2018Why the silence about sexism faced by working-class women? And where are the men?
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Culture
“The Last Jedi”: What we missed while worrying about white male feelings (again)
January 3, 2018In the media rush to make sure the outraged feelings of white men were given full airing, all of the great takes I thought we were going to get hardly materialized.
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Politics
California: Single-payer is no Plan B if Obamacare is repealed
July 24, 2017The state's path to single-payer would face a steep climb if the ACA were repealed or transformed into “Trumpcare.”
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World
Cuban labor leader visits United States, first visit granted in 17 years
July 6, 2017The goal of the trip is to create links between labor organizations and workers in this country and those in the Cuban labor movement.
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Labor
Seven things Cuban workers get that U.S. workers don’t
April 17, 2017Cuba enjoys a 98 percent union membership rate. (The U.S. rate of unionization among all workers is 11.3 percent.)
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Politics
The women’s struggle for equality and the way forward in the age of Trump
March 23, 2017In an age when misogynistic attacks seem to be coming every day, how do we prioritize which issues to work on in regards to women’s equality?
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