Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the world of higher education: forced campus re-openings have pushed many directly into harm's way; colleges and universities have suffered massive budget shortfalls; some institutions have closed permanently; the academic job market has been blown up; etc. According to the Chronicle of...
Mar 30, 2021
In the middle of a deadly pandemic that has shaken the world of higher education to its core, graduate workers at Columbia University are heading into their third week on strike, braving both physical and digital picket lines. We talk with three grad workers and members of GWC-UAW Local 2110 and the Columbia...
Mar 24, 2021
We sit down and chat with (former) Philly sanitation worker and Instagram sensation Terrill Haigler—or, as listeners may know him, "Ya Fav Trashman." Terrill's incredible and inspiring story took an interesting turn during the COVID-19 pandemic when he was working for the Philly sanitation department and started an...
Mar 18, 2021
In this special episode, we chat with the one and only Rick Perlstein. Rick is an internationally acclaimed and bestselling author and historian who has published perhaps the most singularly definitive series of books on late twentieth-century American politics, culture, and the rise of the modern conservative movement....
Mar 5, 2021
HAVE WE GOT A TREAT FOR YOU...
Working People will be taking a
much-needed break next week, but never fear—we've got something
special to hold you over. Last week, Max drove 14 hours from
Baltimore to Bessemer, Alabama, to report on the historic Amazon
union drive for The Real News Network. While he
was down there,...