Behind the News: Jennifer Berkshire and Helen Yaffe

Host Doug Henwood covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Doug interviews Jennifer Berkshire (https://haveyouheardblog.com/about/), co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door (https://bookshop.org/books/a-wolf-at-the-schoolhouse-door-the-dismantling-of-public-education-and-the-future-of-school/9781620974940), about teachers’ unions and school reopenings. Plus: Helen Yaffe (https://twitter.com/HelenYaffe) on Cuba’s handling of COVID-19 and their impressive vaccine development (Counterpunch article here (https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/30/cuba-libre-to-be-covid-libre-five-vaccines-and-counting)).