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Brokest System: Progressive Candidates Keep Their Distance from Welfare Reform
Every person, regardless of their income level or employment status, is worthy and valuable and deserves to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Flewed Out: After 20 Years, “Chicken Run” Remains a Lesson in Ethical Labor
Ginger and her chooks taught us that collective action, coalition building, consciousness-raising, and plucky persistence are necessary ingredients for a revolution.
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Work in Progress: The Indian Directors Highlighting Depictions of Household Labor
Invisibilizing domestic labor allows men to ascribe higher value to the more “masculine” work they have traditionally performed.
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Collective Success: The Myth of Progress through Black Capitalism
When we center and celebrate those who have succeeded in the capitalist project, it becomes easier to be captivated by the myth that hard work and effort will guarantee every Black woman the same success as Rihanna and Serena Williams.
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Doing Nothing Is a Radical Idea for Marginalized People
For marginalized people, doing “nothing” is the last resource we have.
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What Just Happened?: Amazon Workers Are on Strike
Amazon’s evolution over the past 20 years has put a spotlight on the human cost of rampant capitalism
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Injustice Ignited: Incarcerated Firefighters on the Frontlines
At least six incarcerated firefighters have died while on duty since 1983.
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Grand Theft Creative: The Gaming Industry’s Exploitative Crunch Culture
Despite booming profits, layoffs in the gaming industry are becoming more frequent, with less and less regard for their effects on employees.
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Women Do the Majority of the Family Care. Can We Get Some Paid Leave?
More than two-thirds of the American public agrees that paid family leave should be available to all workers, even if they disagree about how it should be paid for.
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No More Pencils, No More Books: What’s Next after the Year of the Teachers’ Strike?
2019, while still young, has shown that it’s in the running to be yet another extraordinarily important one for America’s unions, with teachers still at the forefront.
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