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A new book by best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo offers powerful examples of how ordinary people are changing the world.

Ijeoma Oluo Wants You to “Be a Revolution”

A new book by best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo offers powerful examples of how ordinary people are changing the world.

| Jan 31, 2024

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United Auto Workers’ Strike Yields Win for “Just Transition”

In bringing electric vehicle battery plants under its national contract, the UAW took a major step toward transitioning away from fossil fuels in a way that protects workers' rights.

| Nov 1, 2023

5 Lessons from UPS Workers’ Successful Bargaining

The UPS Teamsters flexed their collective muscle to win most of their demands from the world’s largest delivery company.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 7, 2023

From Picket Lines to Plot Lines

Will Hollywood’s striking writers and actors translate their experiences into pro-labor, anti-capitalist on-screen stories?

Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 4, 2023

Why TV Writers Are Striking

As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they’re on strike.

Sonali Kolhatkar | May 4, 2023

How Central Americans Expanded the U.S. Labor Movement

Guatemalan and Salvadoran immigrants helped organize far-reaching workers’ rights campaigns in industries that mainstream unions had thought to be untouchable.

Elizabeth Oglesby | Sep 5, 2022

The Immigrant Workers Disrupting the Cleaning Industry

New York City’s Liberty Cleaners co-created an innovative training program that’s providing the skills to bring about their vision of the gig economy.

Emily Nonko | Aug 24, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Crisis of Legitimacy

The Supreme Court has demonstrated that the highest law of the land is whatever they feel like saying it is. What do we do when the court and other institutions are widely seen as illegitimate?

Chris Winters | Jul 5, 2022

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