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	Podcast:		Commentary Series
	Episode:		Kunin: The New Activism
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:39
	Publish Date:		2018-05-04 14:34:56
	Description:		Many thought the historic Women’s March - which brought millions of women (and some men) out of the house and into the streets would be a one-time event. After a few weeks, it would surely fizzle. Skeptics thought that the eye-catching collection of handmade signs would end up in the back of the garage and gather dust. And the people who waved the signs, who came from all parts of the country, and even the world in astounding numbers would quietly go back to their cubbies in the workplace, or behind the kitchen counters at home. They were wrong. A new activism was born the day of the Women’s March. Instead of dying down and blowing out, it has surged like a forest fire and gathered strength. Take the nation’s teachers, for example. Instead accepting low wages and no money for new books, year after year, thousands of teachers have decided to march, in state after state, including Oklahoma, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Arizona and others. They’ve persisted and in some states
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