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Brown bread covered with cheese, tomato and microgreens on plate

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

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

by Maximillian Alvarez January 31, 2024February 1, 2024

Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers walk the picket line in Los Angeles as they begin a three-day strike involving more than 75,000 Kaiser workers on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Kaiser workers win big after largest healthcare strike in US history

by Maximillian Alvarez December 20, 2023December 20, 2023

Former slave Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos poses with his sickle on the piece of land where he lives and farms at the Nova Conquista settlement on April 8, 2015 in Monsenhor Gil, Piauí state, Brazil. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

These Brazilian farmworkers escaped slavery, now they’re taking back the land

by Maximillian Alvarez December 13, 2023December 20, 2023

Chris Albright (second to left) and Jessica Albright (second to right) pose for a family photo with their children in East Palestine, Ohio, in October 2021. Photo courtesy of Chris Albright.

They were just another East Palestine family—until Norfolk Southern set off a bomb in their lives

by Maximillian Alvarez December 6, 2023December 7, 2023

Amazon Prime lorries are seen at the Amazon fulfilment centre on December 13, 2021, in London, England.

Economy and Inequality

Amazon fired him for union organizing—1.5 years later, he’s still fighting for accountability

by Maximillian Alvarez November 22, 2023November 24, 2023

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters converged for the "Shame on Goldman: Ceasefire Now!" rally in Brooklyn, NY, USA, on Nov. 19, 2023.

‘This is McCarthyism all over again’: NY court blocks union from voting on pro-Palestine resolution

by Maximillian Alvarez November 21, 2023January 18, 2024

Black and white photo of Palestinian journalist Mohamed el Saife sitting on a curb in Gaza, wearing a PRESS vest, holding a camera, with his arms crossed and head hung low. Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, courtesy of Mohamed el Safe.

Politics and Movements: International

A three-minute message from Gaza: ‘I lost my house, I lost my memories, I lost everything’

by Maximillian Alvarez November 12, 2023January 20, 2024

A group of dozens of Teamsters and local community members walk a picket line at sunset outside Amazon's BWI5 warehouse in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On the corner of the intersection stands a "Fat Cat" blowup doll. Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.

The Teamsters picket Amazon in Baltimore to demand company rehire fired unionized drivers in California

by Maximillian Alvarez November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

Palestinian Issa Amro speaks is pictured in front the headquarters of Youth Against Settlements (YAS)organisation, that he is a member of, in the occupied West Bank City of Hebron, about his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his recent visit, on May 28, 2021. Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

Tortured Palestinian activist describes military and settler carnage in the West Bank

by Maximillian Alvarez November 3, 2023January 20, 2024