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Ten years ago, I was working 12-hour days as a warehouse temp in Southern California while my family, like millions of others, struggled to stay afloat in the wake of the Great Recession. Eventually, we lost everything, including the house I grew up in. It was in the years that followed, when hope seemed irrevocably lost and help from above seemed impossibly absent, that I realized the life-saving importance of everyday workers coming together, sharing our stories, showing our scars, and reminding one another that we are not alone. Since then, from starting the podcast Working People—where I interview workers about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles—to working as Associate Editor at the Chronicle Review and now as Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network, I have dedicated my life to lifting up the voices and honoring the humanity of our fellow workers.
 
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Hundreds of demonstrators gather with banners in support of the pro-Palestinian students following the ban on the students' 116-day sit-in at White Plaza of Stanford University in Stanford, California, on February 12, 2024. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Inside the historic student protests for Palestine at UC Davis and Stanford

by Maximillian Alvarez February 29, 2024March 1, 2024
Photo by Maximillian Alvarez
Posted inWorking People

Johns Hopkins grad student-workers picket as contract negotiations stall

by Maximillian Alvarez February 28, 2024February 28, 2024
Workers from co-op businesses across the city of Baltimore speak on a panel at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Photo by Kayla Rivara
Posted inWorking People

Baltimore’s co-ops show the power of a ‘solidarity economy’

by Maximillian Alvarez February 22, 2024February 22, 2024
Posted inRattling the Bars

Early release: A tribute to Marshall ‘Eddie’ Conway

by Maximillian Alvarez February 13, 2024February 13, 2024
Brown bread covered with cheese, tomato and microgreens on plate
Posted inWorking People

Homegrown Sandwich shop workers hit 100 days on strike

by Maximillian Alvarez February 7, 2024February 9, 2024
Ben Terwilliger stands outside his home in East Palestine, OH. Ben lives a block from the site of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical spill. Photo by Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Posted inWorking People

One year later, East Palestine residents want Norfolk-Southern held accountable

by Maximillian Alvarez January 31, 2024February 1, 2024
Funeral ceremony held for Palestinian journalists Saeed Al-Taweel and Mohammad Sobh, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza Strip, Gaza on October 10, 2023. Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

How mainstream news is doing Israel’s dirty work of sanitizing slaughter

by Maximillian Alvarez January 17, 2024January 18, 2024
Photo courtesy of Maximillian Alvarez
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

‘A permanent ceasefire means a free Palestine!’ Voices from the March on Washington for Gaza

by Maximillian Alvarez January 16, 2024January 18, 2024
Three men in keffiyehs lock arms as protesters stand behind them waving Palestinian flags.
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Labor organizers explain why they’re marching on DC for Palestine

by Maximillian Alvarez January 12, 2024January 18, 2024
People in Iran listen to the speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
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Could Israel’s war in Gaza spiral into a regional war?

Chris Hedges by Maximillian Alvarez and Chris Hedges January 11, 2024January 18, 2024

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