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An update on the longest ongoing strike in the US: 'Some things don't change at the Post-Gazette'
Season 8 Episode 15
In the latest episode of Working People, we go back to the picket line to get a critical update on the longest ongoing strike in the United States. I…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
"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 star…
11 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-cl…
11 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 admin…
11 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 …
1 year 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 coun…
1 year 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…
1 year 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 actio…
1 year 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 c…
1 year 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 i…
1 year, 1 month ago