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Kamau Franklin stands at a podium outdoors and speaks into a group of microphones. Behind him are Manuel Teran's parents, dressed in formal wear.

Labor must join the fight to Stop Cop City

by Maximillian Alvarez June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

Kamau Franklin and Mariah Parker join this urgent episode of ‘Working People’ to discuss the movement to stop Cop City in Atlanta.

Close up on a raised fist, in the background is Baltimore City Hall.

These workers are making Baltimore a union town again

by Maximillian Alvarez May 31, 2023May 31, 2023

East Palestine, 100 Days Later

by Maximillian Alvarez May 24, 2023May 31, 2023

A young Black woman organizer stands outside in a parking lot on a sunny day. She is wearing a surgical mask and holding a sign that says Fight for 15, while gesturing and speaking to an older Black woman who is facing away from the camera..

Politics and Movements: US

A new generation of organizers are building union power in the South

by Maximillian Alvarez May 17, 2023May 22, 2023

Several writers stand on a picket line with signs bearing the WGA label and handwritten, personal messages. The messages read: "It's giving corporate greed," "WGA vs. Succession characters," "On strike!" "Pay us what we're worth," "Say NO to A.I."

Economy and Inequality

Hollywood writers are striking to save the industry from corporate destruction

by Maximillian Alvarez May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Striking graduate student-workers and members of the Graduate Employees' Organization pose for a group photo outside of the Rackham Graduate School building at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 19, 2023. Photo courtesy of the Graduate Employees' Organization

Politics and Movements: US

UMich docks pay, calls cops on striking grad students

by Maximillian Alvarez April 26, 2023April 28, 2023

Kayla Denker speaks out against death threats, transphobic backlash

by Maximillian Alvarez April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

I’ve been a train conductor for 17 years—corporate greed has ruined the railroads

by Maximillian Alvarez April 19, 2023April 21, 2023

Photo of a Teamsters union member wearing his union jacket taken from behind. The jacket reads "Teamsters: Proud to be a Team" and features an American flag. In the background members of an audience can be seen sitting in folding chairs outside in front of a brick building. The audience members are wearing winter wear. A stage has been set up in front of the building, where men in suits are seated, addressing the crowd.

350,000 Teamsters are about to take on UPS

by Maximillian Alvarez April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

Ron DeSantis gestures at a podium that features a sign that reads, "The Florida Blueprint."

‘You’re going to see more books get banned’: Teachers describe Florida’s war on public schools

by Maximillian Alvarez April 5, 2023April 14, 2023