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Jonathan Michels

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Q&A: Ajamu Dillahunt, long-time civil rights organizer and former USPS union president

by Jonathan Michels September 7, 2020October 1, 2020

The founding member of Black Workers on Emmet Till, the Great Migration, and labor organizing in North Carolina.

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Unions are needed everywhere—especially prisons

by Jonathan Michels July 5, 2018June 23, 2021
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'Prisoners' organizations were thought to be dangerous.': Conversations with organizers of the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union

by Jonathan Michels June 26, 2018November 16, 2022
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'The most violently exploited group in America': Incarcerated workers

by Jonathan Michels June 19, 2018June 23, 2021
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If you've never shot drugs, you ain't got a clue: Steve's story

by Jonathan Michels and Steve Daniels May 25, 2017September 16, 2020
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Harm reduction is compassion, harm reduction is love: Louise's story

by Jonathan Michels May 14, 2017November 16, 2022
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Who gets to be remembered in Chapel Hill?

by Jonathan Michels October 8, 2016December 3, 2020

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