Behind the News: Jennifer Berkshire and Helen Yaffe
Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug interviews Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, about teachers’ unions and school reopenings.
April 13, 2021
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April 13, 2021
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Behind the News: Jennifer Berkshire and Helen Yaffe
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Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug interviews <a href="https://haveyouheardblog.com/about/" rel="nofollow">Jennifer Berkshire</a>, co-author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/a-wolf-at-the-schoolhouse-door-the-dismantling-of-public-education-and-the-future-of-school/9781620974940" rel="nofollow">A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door</a>, about teachers’ unions and school reopenings. Plus: <a href="https://twitter.com/HelenYaffe" rel="nofollow">Helen Yaffe</a> on Cuba’s handling of COVID-19 and their impressive vaccine development (<i>Counterpunch</i> article <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/30/cuba-libre-to-be-covid-libre-five-vaccines-and-counting" rel="nofollow">here</a>).
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