Negin Owliaei
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Time for a Billionaire Ban
The wealthiest Americans dominate our airwaves. Let’s hear from someone else for a change. → Read More
People and Planet Over Profit at the Youth Climate Strikes
Millions of young people around the world join global strike to demand climate action ahead of UN Climate Summit. → Read More
Activists Follow the Money Fueling Amazon Fires
Protesters around the world are singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation. → Read More
'The Squad' Keeps the Focus on Bold, Inequality-Busting Policies
Representatives Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ayanna Pressley fight hard for their constituents in the face of racist attacks. → Read More
Stop & Shop Workers End 11-Day Strike With a Tentative Agreement
Striking workers won backing from every corner of their community, from local rabbis preparing for Passover to placard-carrying toddlers. → Read More
It’s Time for $15 and a Union
A minimum wage hike would boost earnings for 40 million workers. → Read More
Is Your Bank Loaded? A New Report Has the Answer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a figure in December that capped what felt like a particularly violent year: nearly 40,000 people died as a result of guns in the United States in 2017, more than any year since at least 1968. As activists look for new ways to end what’s always seemed like a intractable problem, one coalition suggests targeting some of the companies… → Read More
Meet the Billionaires Profiting off Job Losses at GM
Hedge fund heads buy up mansions and NFL teams, all on the tab of autoworkers. → Read More
Teachers Promise a Show of Power at the Polls
Educators and their allies hope to turn momentum from nationwide strikes into gains at the ballot box. → Read More
Lancaster Shows How to Say No to Geo Group
A Pennsylvania county goes up against a giant of the private prison industry, and comes out victorious. → Read More
D.C. Labor Battle Turns Into a Civil Rights Fight
As city council attempts to overturn a minimum wage initiative, district residents demand elected officials respect their vote. → Read More
Arizona Teachers Show Link Between Tax Cuts and Underfunded Schools
The state’s teachers go on strike, calling for a ban on tax cuts until education funding reaches national average. → Read More
Teachers are fighting for a lot more than their own paychecks
Teachers across the United States are having a moment. Educators are building on the momentum from West Virginia, where striking teachers won a 5 percent pay raise for state employees. Now the protests have spread to Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and the nation’s capital. → Read More
Tipped Workers Win Ownership of Their Tips with Spending Bill
A provision nestled deep in the spending bill prevents employers from taking the tips their employees earn, protecting workers from a controversial proposed Labor Department rule. → Read More
Teachers deserve a raise. Here’s how to fund it.
Teachers are ready to revolt. That’s the message we should take away from West Virginia, where educators in every county went on strike recently. The teachers secured a major victory, including a 5 percent raise for state employees. The win couldn’t be more well-deserved. → Read More
St. Paul Teachers Vote to Authorize Strike Ahead of Super Bowl
As football’s biggest game heads to the Twin Cities, educators push for more community investment from host committee companies. → Read More
To Understand Inequality in America, Look Outside of the Cities
Catherine Flowers explains why urban templates won't solve the problems that rural communities face in the United States. → Read More