July 19, 2020 Professor Peter Rachleff talks about the the Confederate Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia and how it was built to solidify support for racism and the continuation of the exploitation of African Americans. He also talks about the role of the...
July 15, 2020 Dr. Peter Rachleff sat down with KSTP’s Brandi Powell to discuss white privilege, what it means and why it’s important to understand its effects. “You didn’t have to navigate certain dangers in the neighborhood in order to get to...
By Sarah McVicar | May 12, 2020 Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship Peter Rachleff is a man on a mission: To inspire solidarity, advocate for justice and work toward equity for all. It may sound ambitious, but Rachleff has pursued it wholeheartedly here...
By Peter Rachleff | May 4, 2020 COVID-19 is the biggest crisis of our lives, and workers are on the front lines. Large, profitable employers expect workers deemed “essential” — those in healthcare, grocery stores, food production, and shipping, among others — to risk...
By Joey Peters | April 28, 2020 Last week, after at least 26 workers at its Worthington, Minnesota, pork processing plant tested positive for COVID-19, JBS USA announced that it was idling the plant. Now, a handful of workers are speaking out about conditions there....
By Frederick Melo | April 23, 2020 In this corner, it’s former school teacher and nonprofit founder Hoang Murphy for House District 67A. And in this other corner, it’s school worker and community organizer John Thompson for House District 67A. And in the audience?...