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Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Prisoners fight fires for low wages.
Trump Vowed to Fix US Infrastructure — but His Budget Stiffs Small Towns
Much-needed financial support for small communities is threatened by the Trump administration's budget and tax plans.
Will California’s Green Rush Leave People of Color Behind?
On January 1, 2018, the gates to California's “green rush” will swing open.
2017 Year in Review: The Labor Movement Turned Lemons Into Lemonade
What lessons can the labor movement learn from 2017.
#MeToo in the Fields: Farmworkers Show Us How to Organize Against Sexual Violence
The Coalition of Immokalee workers has spent more than 20 years organizing against hyper-exploitation.
The Violence Behind Corporate Globalization Is Threatening Indigenous Communities With Extinction
Militarized business practices are decimating villages.
Who Owns Tips? If Trump’s Department of Labor Gets Its Way, Employers, Not Workers
Transfer of money from workers up to their bosses is no small change.
Trump Embodies the Crisis of Capitalism: A Conversation With Naomi Klein
US media and politics have been thoroughly commodified.
Economic Update: Public Service vs. Private Profit
This episode discusses cars for superrich, and more.
Though GOP Says Tax Plan Doesn’t Favor the Rich, Paul Ryan Ties Reforms to Welfare Cuts
The GOP has been calling for legislation that would add work requirements to food stamps and housing benefits.