The Emerging Coalition That Could Revitalize Our Politics

Nearly 30 years ago, in 1996, Columbia University hosted a conference called, “The Fight for America’s Future: A Teach-in with the Labor Movement.” Speakers included the feminist activist Betty Friedan, historian Robin Kelley, and scholar Cornel West. John Sweeney, who had recently been elected president of the AFL-CIO, was also in attendance. Sweeney’s election was seen as a watershed moment for organized labor; per The New York Times, it signaled “a sharp turn toward militancy” and “moving wom

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