100 Days in Appalachia’s Joel Beeson hosts a discussion about the significance of the 2018 West Virginia teachers strike with special guests — noted West Virginia University labor historian Ken Fones-Wolf, New York Times reporter Dana Goldstein, author of “The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession” and labor activist and researcher Rich Yeselson, contributing editor for Dissent, and who writes on labor issues for The Nation and other publications.
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