When the City of New York and the union representing workers on the Staten Island Ferry finally reached a long-term labor agreement in September, I felt intensely – even unreasonably – proud. The pact provided about 150 crew members with their first wage hikes in thirteen years, an astounding period for any workforce to keep…… Continue reading Over & Back
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“Perception at the Pitch of Passion”
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings, by James Baldwin, edited by Randall Kenan. Pantheon Books, 2010. On a chilly night in 1985, about two years before he died, James Baldwin appeared at the Ethical Culture Society in New York. He was reading from The Evidence of Things Not Seen, his book on the Atlanta child…… Continue reading “Perception at the Pitch of Passion”
Cross the Narrows 