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Ten years ago, I was working 12-hour days as a warehouse temp in Southern California while my family, like millions of others, struggled to stay afloat in the wake of the Great Recession. Eventually, we lost everything, including the house I grew up in. It was in the years that followed, when hope seemed irrevocably lost and help from above seemed impossibly absent, that I realized the life-saving importance of everyday workers coming together, sharing our stories, showing our scars, and reminding one another that we are not alone. Since then, from starting the podcast Working People—where I interview workers about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles—to working as Associate Editor at the Chronicle Review and now as Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network, I have dedicated my life to lifting up the voices and honoring the humanity of our fellow workers.
 
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President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Everybody hates Sean

by Maximillian Alvarez July 19, 2024July 19, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Canberra Airport on June 26, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International

Julian Assange is free—defying imprisonment, and even assassination plots

by Maximillian Alvarez and Eleanor Goldfield July 11, 2024July 11, 2024
After holding a public demonstration on the morning of June 20, 2024, unionized nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD, pose for a group photo outside the hospital, holding up fists and holding signs with "National Nurses United" on them, as well as slogans like "RN Safe Staffing Saves Lives" and "Patients First." Photo taken by Maximillian Alvarez.
Posted inWorking People

Baltimore nurses at largest Catholic health network in US fight on for first contract

by Maximillian Alvarez July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
Gravatai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Jul 14th, 2015: Children are rescued from the flood in a backhoe
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In Brazil, the climate crisis is already turning working people into climate refugees

by Maximillian Alvarez June 26, 2024June 26, 2024
A Cuban girl wave a flag during a political meeting in the city of Manzanillo, in the province of Bayamo 01 July 2000. Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images
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My childhood in Cuba under the US blockade

by Maximillian Alvarez June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Residents of South Baltimore, local activists, and supporters from around the city march through the streets of Curtis Bay, South Baltimore, on June 10, chanting and holding signs saying "NO MORE COAL IN CURTIS BAY." Photo by Maximillian Alvarez.
Posted inWorking People

‘CSX has got to go!’ Industrially polluted South Baltimore residents want rail giant out of their community

by Maximillian Alvarez June 15, 2024June 15, 2024
Israeli Protesters Laid Siege On The UCLA Gaza Support Camp For Over 4 Hours. The Israeli Protesters Used Make Shift Weapons, Chemical Weapons And Fireworks To Assault The Camp. Photo by Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Globalize the student intifada: organizers speak

Marc Steiner Headshot by Maximillian Alvarez and Marc Steiner May 30, 2024May 30, 2024
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Baltimore’s billion-dollar disaster through the eyes of a longshoreman

Marc Steiner Headshot by Maximillian Alvarez and Marc Steiner May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
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South Baltimore residents on the toxic reality of living in a ‘sacrifice zone’

by Maximillian Alvarez May 15, 2024May 15, 2024
A demonstrator holds up flares during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the courtyard of the Institute of Political Studies building in Lyon, central Eastern France, on April 30, 2024. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images
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Inside the ‘Student Intifada’: A roundtable with campus organizers

by Maximillian Alvarez May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

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