Media Coverage
Changing the narrative is never enough. But positive coverage helps.

Mitch McConell being questioned

Real News Network Interview on Senate Healthcare

In June, shortly after the Senate took up its first attempt at giving a massive tax cut to the super wealthy while eliminating healthcare for millions of people in the USA, I was interviewed by the Real News Network. The discussion centered on why low poll numbers, especially national poll numbers (versus key states) don’t bother Steve Bannon. Read More

New Interview on My Views on Faith and Labor, in the UC Observer

Journalist Katie Toth interview me on faith and unions, here’s one snippet from the longer interview. Q Why do many organizers not seem to consider religious life as significant to their efforts? A I don’t know. It’s a question I ask all the time. Many of the best organizers in the trade-union sector are willing to work 18- or 19-hour days. Read More

Feb. 27th Feature Interview in the Nation Magazine, by DD Guttenplan

Guttenplan describes this 4000 word interview this way: “We first spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, where, amid the self-congratulation, she cautioned me that “Clinton hadn’t sealed the deal” with the white suburban women that McAlevey had met helping to organize Philadelphia-area hospitals. After her warning proved prophetic, we resumed our conversation—this time focusing on the question at the heart of her new book, No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age.” Read More