Liza Featherstone

Fast food con­glom­er­ates, like Mc­Don­ald’s, do not give their work­ers a liv­able wage, writes au­thor.

By go­ing on strike, the teach­ers are “build­ing po­lit­i­cal pow­er”, putting them­selves in a “po­si­tion to force changes”.

In Philadel­phia, the pri­vati­sa­tion of the pub­lic school sys­tem isn’t work­ing – yet the stage is set for even more.