SMLR Experts In the News

San Antonio Current runs a column arguing that mass movements often "compel elected officials to act when they otherwise wouldn't." Eric Blanc is quoted.

ImpactAlpha publishes an interview with Joseph Blasi of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

St. Louis Magazine reports on a local employer’s new ESOP, quoting Bill Castellano of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

WNYC Radio’s The Brian Lehrer Show asks Eric Blanc how New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign volunteers can help him to achieve his policy goals.

The Nation publishes an article, co-authored by Eric Blanc, calling out companies that have government contracts with, or provide services and support to, ICE.

Bloomberg Law examines the U.S. Wage and Hour Division’s 2025 compliance actions and recoveries. The story cites a report by the Workplace Justice Lab@RU.

Jacobin publishes an article by Eric Blanc examining how Wisconsin “sewer socialist” Victor Berger’s views on racism and immigration changed in the 1910s and 20s.

Jacobin interviews Eric Blanc and others about the ways in which liberals and socialists are coming together to oppose President Trump’s agenda.

Manufacturing Dive explores the “hidden innovative infrastructure” of two-year schools, citing work by the Education and Employment Research Center and quoting Michelle Van Noy.

The Nation publishes a review of the book, “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big” by Eric Blanc.