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Ten years ago, I was working 12-hour days as a warehouse temp in Southern California while my family, like millions of others, struggled to stay afloat in the wake of the Great Recession. Eventually, we lost everything, including the house I grew up in. It was in the years that followed, when hope seemed irrevocably lost and help from above seemed impossibly absent, that I realized the life-saving importance of everyday workers coming together, sharing our stories, showing our scars, and reminding one another that we are not alone. Since then, from starting the podcast Working People—where I interview workers about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles—to working as Associate Editor at the Chronicle Review and now as Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network, I have dedicated my life to lifting up the voices and honoring the humanity of our fellow workers.
 
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Kenyon College students in support of the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee
Posted inWorking People

Side gigs and selling plasma: Undergraduate and graduate workers have had enough

by Maximillian Alvarez April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
Teacher and organizer Maricela Aguilar Monroy reads a book at her home in Milwaukee
Posted inWorking People

From Mexico to Milwaukee, this teacher is fighting for her community

by Maximillian Alvarez April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO Sara Nelson, and Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Harvey J. Kaye.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

From Amazon to Starbucks, workers are rising up—and progressives need to support them at all costs

by Maximillian Alvarez April 8, 2022April 21, 2022
Susan Simensky Bietila speaks with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez
Posted inWorking People

This radical artist has been pissing off the powerful for over 50 years

by Maximillian Alvarez April 7, 2022April 7, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ivanovo oblast Governor Stanislav Voskresensky look on the flag with portraits of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

No, Russia isn’t ‘reviving the Soviet empire’

by Maximillian Alvarez April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

How the media turns war into a spectator sport

Marc Steiner Headshot by Maximillian Alvarez, Jocelyn Dombroski, Marc Steiner and Bill Fletcher, Jr. March 31, 2022April 20, 2022
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

Economic devastation and political repression: A trade unionist’s view from inside Ukraine

by Maximillian Alvarez March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
Brittney Griner, #42 of the Phoenix Mercury, warms up before Game Two of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs semifinals
Posted inThe Cultural Front

WNBA star Brittney Griner is a political prisoner in Russia

by Maximillian Alvarez March 29, 2022March 29, 2022
Members of the Southern Poverty Law Center Union hold an informational picket outside SPLC headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday, March 28
Posted inWorking People

Workers at Southern Poverty Law Center protest discriminatory working conditions

by Maximillian Alvarez March 29, 2022March 30, 2022
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Corey Lamont, a lecturer in Howard’s English Department and member of the SEIU Local 500 bargaining unit
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

A historic victory for Howard University’s non-tenure-track faculty

by Maximillian Alvarez March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

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