"Right to Work" Isn't a Civil Right. But Unionizing Should Be
The adoption of so-called "right to work" legislation in Michigan, of all places, represents an historic setback for organized labor. First, Republicans went after public employees in the birthplace of public unions, Wisconsin. And now they have taken the fight to private employee unions in the cradle of modern industrial unionism. Conservatives are right that, if they can win in Michigan, they can win almost anywhere. READ MORE >>
Race to the Flop—The Problem with Affirmative Action
THE ISSUE OF affirmative action in higher education—which is headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court today—presents a conundrum for the justices who, like most Americans, want racial diversity in colleges yet are uneasy with racial preferences. READ MORE >>
Can the Chicago Teachers’ Strike Fix Democratic Education Reform?
Class Act
Out of Many
The Best and the Brightest
Scapegoating
TERRY MOE MADE his name in the early 1990s when, with John Chubb, he co-authored a much-discussed book arguing for a system of publicly-funded private school vouchers. The central thesis of Politics, Markets and America’s Schools was that “direct democratic control” of public education was “incompatible with effective schooling.” Chubb and Moe argued that private school vouchers would create efficient markets in education, and that “choice is a panacea.” READ MORE >>
