Category: Video

Behind The Dangerous Rise of AI In Mental Health Care

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) replaced all of their helpline volunteers and workers with a chatbot named Tessa, shortly after their workers unionized. NEDA's…

I Tracked Down My Anonymous Landlord… Here’s What Happened.

When The Class Room director Chai Dingari's landlord abruptly raised his rent by 25%, Chai tried to track them down. What he found led him…

This Could Be The Biggest Strike In U.S. History

Video narrated by Teddy Ostrow from The Upsurge Working at UPS used to provide a comfortable, middle-class life. But the company has spent decades eroding…

Why Barnes & Noble Workers Formed Their First Union

Barnes & Noble workers in Massachusetts just won the first-ever union at the book-selling giant. The vote was unanimous, extending a wave of union victories…

We Talked To Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar About Universal School Meals

When Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar introduced a bill to provide free meals to students across the country, Fox News said they were "demanding" kids…

The ‘No Labels’ Third Party Bid That Could Sabotage Trump and Biden

A group calling themselves "No Labels" has suddenly emerged as a huge financial backer of Kyrsten Sinema. They're also floating the idea of running Joe…

Medicaid Work Requirements: We Exposed the TRUE Cost of Republicans’ Top Priority

Republicans want to institute work requirements for Medicaid recipients — and they’re willing to hold the U.S. economy hostage to do it. They've been refusing…
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How America Can Stop Dangerous Train Derailments

An unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats are taking on railroad companies’ greed. Recently, following a disastrous crash in East Palestine, OH, there has been…

How Milton Friedman Broke The American Economy

Ronald Reagan learned his disastrous "trickle down" economics from a man named Milton Friedman. We're still suffering the consequences today. In 1980, the economist Friedman…

How Food Delivery Apps Are Trying to Kill a Worker Uprising

Delivery workers in New York City made history when they won a $24/hour minimum wage. It was supposed to go into effect in January, 2023.…

Public Education Is A Mess. This Candidate Has A Plan to Clean It Up.

Philadelphia mayoral Helen Gym has a visionary plan for education — but first she’ll have to win a contentious democratic primary. Over the past 3…

How CEOs Manipulate the Stock Market

You’ve heard the term stock buybacks everywhere this year. In the airline and railroad industry, the oil and gas industry, in entertainment, and in food…