Steven Greenhouse
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Steven Greenhouse is a seasoned journalist focused on labor issues and social justice. This interview reveals his commitment to advocating for workers' rights and his ability to articulate the challenges and changes in the labor landscape.
“Yes, absolutely. And the media sometimes makes mistakes. You know, Donald Trump even sometimes makes mistakes and makes inaccurate statements.”
“On one hand, unions perhaps of all institutions in society do more to bring people from different races together. I think more so than churches, maybe more so than schools, probably certainly more so than housing.”
“Would have been a lie. And so after 1960, President Kennedy lifted the requirement for the loyalty oath in most government jobs. So then he was able to get a job as a teacher. My father was a wonderful teacher. He was repeatedly chosen best teacher at the high school he taught at. And he was studying for a doctorate.”
“I think we were Watergate babies in ways. You know, we got really impassioned about journalism in 1973, 1974, when we saw the great Wyrwin Bernstein really uncover these misdeeds by Nixon and his aides. And I think we went into journalism because we thought, you know, It's not only fun, but it could pursue truth and justice.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 157 - Steven Greenhouse
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