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  • A still from Marlon Riggs' 1992 documentary "Color Adjustment."
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    Marlon Riggs’ film “Color Adjustment” highlighted racism and whitewashing in early TV. What about the media landscape today?

  • Union organizer Christian Smalls speaks following the April 1, 2022, vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York.
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    Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize more than two years ago. Amazon still has not met them at the bargaining table.

  • Join a club, it’s good for democracy
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    Co-producers of “Join or Die: A Film About Why You Should Join a Club” Rebecca and Pete Davis discuss the importance of community and connectedness.

  • Texas 34th Congressional District candidate Mayra Flores, left, and Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks, right, are two of the women running for office in 2024.
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    Women are more than half the population, and underrepresented at every level of government. To fix this, more women need to run for office. 

  • Let’s do the numbers on women in politics
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    Beyond the intrinsic value of gender parity in politics, there’s evidence that getting more women elected and politically active makes good economic sense too. Let’s do the numbers. 

  • What the youngest voters think about the economy
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    Gen Z can vote, so let’s dig into the economic priorities they’re bringing to the ballot box.

  • What if teens ran the government?
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    In “Boys State” and “Girls State,” young politicos simulate democracy during a weeklong camp.

  • Automation in coal mining has increased productivity and reduced employment in the industry.
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    Automation in coal mining has increased productivity and reduced employment in the industry.

  • Unions regularly published songbooks containing tunes to organize and build solidarity. The Industrial Workers of the World’s songbook was first published in 1909.
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    Labor songs were sung at home, on the job and on the picket line. Let’s look at the history, starting with “Harlan County, U.S.A.”

  • In a company town, how much power does the company have?
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    “Harlan County U.S.A.” depicts a labor dispute in a coal town with a violent history, where organized workers waged a 13-month strike to check the power of an industry in which employers have long had the upper hand.