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Labor

Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

20,000 AT&T workers in the South went on strike—and won

by Carly Berlin September 9, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Picture Man in Cabbagetown

by Alexandra Marvar September 5, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Video: In their own words, why Kentucky miners are blocking a coal train

by Shaylan Clark & Oakley Fugate August 12, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

To Be Somebody: The Radical Southern Labor Film Tradition

by Madeleine Seidel August 5, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Scalawag x Burnaway: Art, Labor, and Struggle in the South

by Burnaway and Scalawag Team July 31, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A reason for the Tar Heel State to strike: wage theft in North Carolina's food industry

by Tina Tru March 4, 2019October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Unions are needed everywhere—especially prisons

by Jonathan Michels July 5, 2018June 23, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'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
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'The most violently exploited group in America': Incarcerated workers

by Jonathan Michels June 19, 2018June 23, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Georgia school bus drivers join labor revolt in public education

by Casey Williams April 26, 2018November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Learning from the leadership of West Virginia's striking teachers

by R. Garringer March 7, 2018November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Trillbilly Workers' Party

by Lia Russell January 23, 2018October 4, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In the labor movement's Achilles' heel, Black municipal workers organize Greensboro

by Eric Ginsburg August 3, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Photo essay: The fight for worker rights in North Carolina's meat-processing plants

by Sarah Garrahan December 14, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What happens when you leave poor Whites behind

by Anna Simonton November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Bernie Sanders energized a new generation of leftist Southern politicians

by Mike Elk July 29, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

You've never heard of Jackie Stump, but he might be the antidote to Donald Trump

by Sarah Jones July 7, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What West Virginia is saying at the polls

by Jedediah Purdy May 11, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Why we fight for 15

by Anna Simonton April 19, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

H.B. 2 isn't just anti-LGBTQ—it's also anti-worker

by Don Davis April 12, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How H.B. 318 attacks North Carolina's immigrants and working class

by Erik Lampmann October 8, 2015September 27, 2023

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