Lorrie Beth Slonsky

Interview: An AMR paramedic

Vote no against ambulance company greed

A California referendum bankrolled by country’s largest medical transport company would strip safety protections for paramedics.

November 5, 2018
Victims of Hurricane Harvey seek shelter in a Houston convention center
Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

The lessons of Katrina that haven’t been learned

Two SW contributors who were trapped in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina consider the striking parallels with today's unnatural natural disasters.

September 12, 2017
Katrina survivors make their way out of flooded buildings
Interview: Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

Still left behind in the new New Orleans

Ten years after they were trapped by Katrina, Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky reflect on what has and hasn't changed in New Orleans.

August 31, 2015
Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

The heroes and sheroes of New Orleans

SW contributors Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky were trapped in New Orleans by Katrina--their story, first told here, shocked the world.

August 28, 2015
President Barack Obama with former President Bill Clinton
Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

Not the party of the 99 percent

There will not and cannot be real change from a party that promotes the agenda of the 1 percent. That's why we won't be supporting the Democrats.

November 8, 2011
Brian Cruz, Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

SEIU reform struggle heats up

Andrew Stern wants to take control of the union's California health care workers local, but members have other ideas.

September 17, 2008
Larry Bradshaw and Lorrie Beth Slonsky

ILWU shuts down docks for May Day

Dockworkers voted to shut down West Coast ports on May 1 to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

April 25, 2008