Shudde Fath, Tyrant’s Foe: A Lifetime of Energy
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | No CommentsWhen I call Shudde Fath, 95, to talk about her lifetime of Austin activism, she gives me her closing line first. “Recently,” she says, [...]
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Taking on Gulf Chemical in Freeport
by Priscila Mosqueda and Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsThree months ago, Melanie Oldham moved from Angleton to a tiny old home in downtown Freeport, a southeast Texas town that lies in the [...]
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Organizing Low-Wage Workers
by Emily DePrang / Posted on | No CommentsElsa Caballero knows only one way to make a living: fighting for other people’s rights. Caballero is the state director for Service Employees International [...]
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Educating Workers about Labor Laws in Mexico
by Huma Munir / Posted on | No CommentsEd Krueger always wanted to do mission work like his father—a minister for 50 years. The only difference was that Krueger, who lives in [...]
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Helping Neighborhoods Organize Themselves
by Susan Smith Richardson / Posted on | No CommentsA community garden. A voter-education campaign. A community center in a low-income apartment complex. These are some of the programs Charhonda Cox supports as [...]
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