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Red State Rebellion: Inside the Oklahoma Teacher Walkout
What started in West Virginia is rippling across the country.
MLK’s Final Days: The Rev. James Lawson Remembers King’s Assassination and Support for Memphis Strike
Rev. James Lawson discusses his experience with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Starvation Wages Are a “Crime”: Lessons From MLK and the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, 50 Years Later
H.B. Crockett and William ‘'Bill'’ Lucy discuss more.
A Dispatch From the UK University Staff Strikes
After years of seeing budget surpluses spent on vanity projects, lecturers rebelled against proposed pension cuts.
YMCA Child Care Workers Just Went on Strike. Here’s Why
The YMCA has to treat its own workers better.
How Mainstream Privilege Discourse Actually Bolsters the Status Quo
For many communities of color, direct action isn't a privilege — it's a means of survival.
Nursing Home Workers Win Wage Gains With Credible Strike Threat
The largest nursing-home worker strike in US history.
“Picket Line”: Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo Explores the Labor Movement and the Trump Vote
Picket Line reminds us that the only real resource we have is our collective voice, says filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo.
Striking for Sanctuary and Protection: A May Day Dispatch From the Cosecha Movement
Sanctuary advocates may sustain a one-week strike if need be to show their economic power, says Boston-based organizer Gloribell Mota.
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The Sanctuary Movement and Women’s Rights: Sister Struggles
These two movements should be explicitly joined: The push for women's rights must also be a push for sanctuary.