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The New Economy and Its Discontents: Low-Wage Workers Propose a Good Work Code for Silicon Valley
What do labor rights look like when workers can be hired and fired at the click of an app?
The Battle for Fair Housing in the Bay Area: An Interview With Housing Activist Tony Roshan Samara
A growing movement against evictions has declared housing a civil right.
How to Create an “Ecology of Change” by Combining Movement Uprisings With Long-Term Organizing
Grassroots forces have been most effective when they have harnessed both the power of organization and the power of widespread defiance.
Participatory Democracy Drives Anti-Gentrification Movement in New York’s El Barrio
In New York City's East Harlem, also known as El Barrio, a movement led by immigrant women is resisting economic displacement.
After Reforms, Why Are Nail Salon Workers Not Seeing Swift Justice?
Some nail salon owners are claiming discrimination to avoid complying with new regulations meant to protect immigrant workers.
Pennsylvania Nurses Catch Organizing Fever
Instead of hoping to find better working conditions, Philadelphia-area nurses are ready to raise standards throughout the city.
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“When We Fight, We Win!”: The Art of Transformative Organizing
Winning requires a “we,” a community, a group, an organization. And transformative change, in the face of powerful forces, requires a fight.
To Fight Back Against Companies Like Uber, Workers Need Organizing – Not Technocratic Fixes
Solutions must tackle the power differential between gig economy workers and the big businesses that control their labor.
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Visual Culture Impacts US History: What Is Seen and What Is Erased?
Throughout US history, art and culture have served to reinforce and direct a multitude of vital social movements.
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Students Successfully Push Columbia University to Divest From Private Prisons
The Board of Trustees voted to divest its $9.2 billion endowment.