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“It is our moral imperative”: Oregon students hunger strike for Gaza
Season 8 Episode 14
At this very moment, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have managed to survive Israel’s scorched-earth siege and bombing are being deliberately starved to death as a result of Israel’s 11-week block…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
‘Like being tortured’: Texas residents living next to bitcoin mine are getting sick and being ignored
Season 8 Episode 13
While state officials and legislators have positioned Texas to be “the bitcoin mining capital of the world,” in small towns like Granbury, working-class residents living next to giant, loud, environm…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
FBI agents raid homes of pro-Palestine students at University of Michigan
Season 8 Episode 12
The Trump administration continues to escalate its authoritarian assault on higher education, free speech, and political dissent—and university administrators and state government officials are willi…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
A bitcoin mine in Texas is “killing us slowly,” local residents say
Season 8 Episode 11
I would like to see Texas become the center of the universe for bitcoin and crypto,” US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in 2021. In 2024, Republican Governor Greg Abbott said Texas “wears the crown a…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
‘A tremendous chilling effect’: Columbia students describe dystopian reality on campus amid Trump attacks
Season 8 Episode 10
One year ago, Columbia University became ground zero for the student-led Gaza solidarity encampment movement that spread to campuses across the country and around the world. Now, Columbia has beco…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
‘People are hiding in their apartments’: Inside Trump’s assault on universities
Season 8 Episode 9
International students are being abducted and disappeared by ICE in broad daylight. Life-saving research projects across the academy are being halted or thrown into disarray by seismic cuts to federa…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
“Kill the Cuts”: Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal
Season 8 Episode 8
On Tuesday, April 8, unions, unionized federal workers, and their supporters around the country mobilized for a national “Kill the Cuts” day of action to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to li…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump escalates the war on federal unions
Season 8 Episode 7
Last week, President Trump escalated his administration's war on the federal workforce and workers’ rights when he signed an executive order to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions acr…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Uprising of the 20,000
Season 8 Episode 6
As we’ve mentioned many times before on the show, movements today are a part of a legacy of extraordinary actions taken by ordinary people. Tapping into our own labor history provides us with a bluep…
Published on 5 months ago
Privatize USPS? Mail carriers are fighting for a better idea
Season 8 Episode 5
This week, we’re taking a more national focus, and checking in with the National Association of Letter Carriers, who have been embroiled in a years-long contract negotiation with the US Postal Servic…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago