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How Casino Workers Were Left Out Of Clean Air Laws

New Jersey’s anti-smoking laws protect nearly every worker and every space in the state — except for casino workers. Now Atlantic City casino workers are…

Orlando Airport Workers Are Fighting Back Against Overwork And Underpayment

The workers who push wheelchairs for American Airlines, United Airlines, and others are dangerously overworked, underpaid, and understaffed. They make just $7.98/hour and don’t get sick…

Inflation Explained: The Real Reason Prices Are Going Up

Inflation is being blamed on workers, government spending, and Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda. The real culprit? Corporate greed. In our second episode of…

Largest Strike in America: Columbia Student Workers Demand a Fair Contract

The biggest strike in America right now is happening at Columbia University, where 3,000 student workers are fighting for a livable wage, health benefits, and…

How A Multi-Billion Dollar Bank Merger Could Devastate This Connecticut City

Sarah Miller from American Economic Liberties Project explains that bank mergers are bad for everyone except for bank executives. They destroy jobs, depress local wages,…

3 Ways Biden Can Lower Drug Prices Immediately

President Biden doesn’t need to wait for Congress to take aggressive action to lower prescription drug prices. Don Berwick, a former Administrator of the Centers…

PetSmart Workers Expose Horrifying Conditions For Workers & Pets

When the private equity firm BC Partners bought PetSmart in 2015, animal deaths more than doubled and working conditions plummeted. PetSmart workers are organizing with…

Cori Bush And Democrats Finalizing A Plan To Lower Insulin Costs

The cost of insulin would drop from as much as $18,000 per year to just $420 under the House's Build Back Better Bill. As a…

Kaiser Health Care Workers Are Ready To Strike

32,000 Kaiser workers are on the verge of a major strike. The health care giant made $2.2 billion in 2020. But it’s offering workers only…

‘Everything About Walmart Is a Lie’: Walmart Workers Demand $15 Minimum Wage

In 2021, wages have grown at the fastest pace in nearly 20 years. Even Amazon pays workers $18/hour, but Walmart refuses to raise wages for…

Untold History: How America Got (And Lost) Universal Child Care

Today universal child care seems like a radical, unattainable, expensive dream. But America had a child care program—for years—and managed to pay for it during…

Google Threatens Water Supply of Drought-Stricken Town

Google is racing to win approval for two massive new data centers—which use millions of gallons of water—in a small, drought-stricken farming town in Oregon.…