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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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Hundreds of demonstrators gather in front of City Hall in Baltimore on Friday, October 20, to protest Israel's bombing of Gaza and to call for an end to Israel's 75-year Occupation of Palestine. Photo by Jaisal Noor.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

‘I’m in solidarity with Palestine!’ Hundreds rally in Baltimore to demand end of Israel’s Occupation

by Maximillian Alvarez October 30, 2023October 30, 2023
A UAW picket sign is pictured outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

I worked for Ford for 30 years. This is a new day for the UAW

by Maximillian Alvarez October 30, 2023November 8, 2023
Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw testifies at a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on protecting public health and the environment in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

The US government has abandoned East Palestine

by Maximillian Alvarez October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
Split screen image with Diany Rodriguez (left), a rank-and-file SAG-AFTRA member, and Marcelina Pedraza (right), an electrician at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant and member of UAW Local 551, speaking on TRNN's Worker Solidarity Livestream on Oct. 18, 2023. Screenshot/TRNN.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

‘We’re all workers’: Striking UAW and SAG-AFTRA members won’t be pitted against each other

by Maximillian Alvarez October 19, 2023October 19, 2023
TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez (left) sits across from POWER Fellows Tinashe Chingarande (middle) and Ahmari Anthony (right) on the main stage at the TRNN studio in Baltimore, Maryland, during the Baltimore POWER: Emerging Journalist Showcase event on Sept. 7, 2023, cohosted by TRNN and Just Media. Photo by TRNN.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Anyone can be a journalist, and a journalist can come from anywhere

by Maximillian Alvarez October 13, 2023November 9, 2023
Speaker addresses the demonstration in Trafalgar Square as several thousand people attend a Black Lives Matter protest on June 12, 2020 in London, England. Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

Mass protests have failed to bring about social change. It’s time for a new strategy.

by Maximillian Alvarez October 11, 2023October 11, 2023
Bruce Vanderhoffin, who is the director of the Ohio Department of Health, answers questions posed by community members at the town hall meeting in East Palestine, OH Photo by Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

East Palestine residents still need help—the labor movement should be an ally

by Maximillian Alvarez October 5, 2023October 11, 2023
The entrance to the House of Representatives on the East Front Plaza of the U.S. Capitol remains closed on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

If the government shuts down, so does the NLRB—that’ll hurt the strikes

by Maximillian Alvarez September 29, 2023October 5, 2023
United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three auto makers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

UAW strike update: More auto plants to join ‘stand-up’ strike

by Maximillian Alvarez September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Ford Motor Company's electric F-150 Lightning on the production line at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan on September 8, 2022. Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

UAW workers explain why they’re ready to strike

by Maximillian Alvarez September 13, 2023September 14, 2023

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