Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier adapted this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas and practical actions. Professor Dreier is the E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. He writes frequently for The Nation, American Prospect, the Los Angeles Times, and Huffington Post.

The radical dissent of Helen Keller

When a blind-deaf visionary learned that poor people were more likely to be blind than others, she set off down a path that broke the boundaries of her time.

By Peter Dreier

/ 24 Jun 2015

Two US battles for marriage equality

On same-sex marriage, the US Supreme Court has chosen states rights over equal rights. Of course, it is still a victory for social justice. But the contrast with the ruling on inter-racial marriage shows just how timid and conservative the Roberts Court’s ruling was.

By Peter Dreier

/ 5 Aug 2013