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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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Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Youth activists and teachers show how to organize interracial, intergenerational coalitions

by Maximillian Alvarez March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Baltimore Museum of Art workers hold union campaign signs outside the museum entrance on March 22, 2022, during the preview of the "Guarding the Art" exhibition
Posted inBaltimore

Workers demand Baltimore Museum of Art live up to ‘progressive’ bonafides and let them unionize

Brandon Soderberg by Brandon Soderberg and Maximillian Alvarez March 23, 2022March 24, 2022
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Posted inWorking People

Howard University faculty win tentative agreement just hours before planned strike

by Maximillian Alvarez March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
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‘Chronically understaffed,’ underpaid educators in Minneapolis strike against austerity

by Maximillian Alvarez March 22, 2022March 23, 2022
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Posted inWorking People

From pillar of progressivism to capital of conservatism, what the hell happened to Wisconsin?

by Maximillian Alvarez March 16, 2022May 22, 2022
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez interviews Amanda and Jeff Frenkel, two K-12 educators and organizers with the American Federation of Teachers
Posted inWorking People

Scott Walker tried to destroy Wisconsin’s unions, but these small-town organizers are still fighting

by Maximillian Alvarez March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
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Abby Martin: How the media manufactures ‘bloodlust’ for war

by Maximillian Alvarez March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
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Posted inEconomy and Inequality

‘Justice for Evan’: Supporters demand accountability from Kroger after 19-year employee allegedly bullied by management to suicide

by Maximillian Alvarez March 7, 2022March 10, 2022
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Posted inWorking People

NYC unions rally against exploitation of immigrant demolition workers

by Maximillian Alvarez March 3, 2022March 8, 2022
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From the Euromaidan Revolution to Russian invasion: How Ukraine was ripped apart

by Maximillian Alvarez March 3, 2022March 7, 2022

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