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May 6, 20211 min read

African Perspectives: Ako Essan Emile Shares his Experience Growing up in Cote d’Ivoire

Ako Essan Emile is from Cote d’Ivoire and is currently based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a Senior Project Manager for...

May 5, 20212 min read

Homeless Advocate Brian Carome CEO Street Sense Media - End Homelessness in Washington, D.C.

Brian Carome is Chief Executive Officer of Street Sense Media. Street Sense produces journalism, film, theater, photography, audio,...

Apr 29, 20211 min read

American Prospect’s Robert Kuttner on Biden’s 100 Day Speech, Industrial Policy, and the Fed Reserve

Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect and professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School. He is an author...

Apr 26, 20212 min read

Constructing a New Social Compact Event w/ Dr. James C. Benton - Race & Economic Empowerment Project

Dr. James C. Benton is the Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working...

Apr 21, 20212 min read

Author Nicole McCandless's new children’s book Down on James Street - Published by Hard Ball Press

Overview of Down on James Street James Street is alive with the sound of jazz! In 1930‘s Pittsburgh, Dorothy wants to dance the Lindy...

Apr 19, 20211 min read

John Sayles on Martin Eden - Labor Goes To the Movies

“The part both in the book and the movie that always meant the most to me is the part where he's whacking away at that typewriter,” says...

Apr 13, 20212 min read

Book Review: Why The New Deal Matters with author Dr. Eric Rauchway

“Roosevelt came into office in 1933...unemployment is getting up in the direction of 25%...so you have basically every element of the...

Apr 8, 20212 min read

Private Equity is Destroying Healthcare and How To Fight Back w/ Private Equity Stakeholder Project

“The private equity model is inherently at odds with providing good quality patient care and providing good jobs.” Excerpt Welcome to the...

Mar 30, 20212 min read

New Deal Descendant Dr. June Hopkins talks about Harry Hopkins' WPA, & the Need for a Job Guarantee

“The private sector will never be able to absorb every worker who wants a job, good times or bad times, it'll never happen. So my theory...

Mar 22, 20212 min read

Chandra Thomas Whitfield Host of In The Gap - LRPN Spotlight

“I started doing some research and I learned about the gender pay gap and the fact that black women are paid significantly less money for...

Mar 16, 20211 min read

#BamazonUnion Solidarity Mashup Wizard of Oz & Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon

Support the Amazon worker union drive in Bessemer, Alabama seeking to join the RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union)...

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Jordie Abela Co-Host of Solidarity Breakfast out of Melbourne, Australia - LRPN Spotlight

“I see a lot of hope in struggle and people willing to be empathetic...it comes back to that ideal of humanity and care. And when we...

Mar 9, 20212 min read

Coalition of Labor Union Women Prez, Labor Artist, Teacher: Elise Bryant - Harmony of Interests

“If you're doing it right as a leader you should have at least five people behind you, not one, not your favorite, but at least five...

Mar 8, 20211 min read

Union Rights, President Biden, & Pete Seeger's Solidarity Forever

“Make your voice heard,” Biden tells workers. President Biden calls on working people across the country to exercise their right to form...

Mar 5, 20211 min read

Subsidiarity and the State - Quadragesimo Anno - Faith and Labor Ep.2

Faith and Labor is a podcast video series exploring the history of Catholic Social Teachings and how it can be used to bridge divisions...

Mar 3, 20213 min read

Saba Waheed & Veena Hampapur hosts of Re:Work Radio - LRPN Spotlight

“At the UCLA Labor Center we believe that a public university belongs to the people and our programs and research are informed by that...

Mar 2, 20212 min read

Michael Blain co-host of Talking SMART - International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

“In every episode we talk about issues that directly affect our members but a lot of those issues affect other unions and working people...

Feb 24, 20212 min read

David Story co-hosts The Valley Labor Report out of Huntsville, Alabama - LRPN Spotlight Series

“...they shut the entire plant down and outsourced it to Alabama and we've kind of always said the running joke in Alabama is we're the...

Feb 23, 20212 min read

Mark Gevaart host of My Labor Radio - Labor Radio Podcast Member Spotlight Series

”...you'll involve people when you start sending them the message about why collective bargaining in their workplace is a right and it's...

Feb 22, 20212 min read

Steven Pitts host of Black Work Talk - LRPN Spotlight Series

“...in the red scare was a kind of the fissure between civil rights and labor...we're going to strengthen both movements in many ways…”...