Rachel Johnson is a writer based in Chicago. She holds a master’s degree in U.S. history from Northwestern University.
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George H.W. Bush Was an Enemy of the Working Class
Rachel Johnson
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#MeToo Hits Fast Food: Why McDonald’s Workers Are Out on a Historic Strike Today
Rachel Johnson
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Cynthia Nixon’s Plan to Stem Mass Incarceration Has a Uniquely Feminist Provision
The candidate has a plank to help survivors of domestic violence who are incarcerated for defending themselves.
Rachel Johnson
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#RedforMed: 1,800 Vermont Nurses Are On Strike Demanding Their Hospital Put Patients Over Profits
Rachel Johnson
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West Virginia Teachers and the Return of Labor Feminism
Rachel Johnson
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Illinois Grad Students Are on Strike to Make the University Accessible for the Working Class
Rachel Johnson
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From the Alt-Right to the White House, White Nationalism and Misogyny Go Hand in Hand
Sexism and racism are deeply intertwined and mutually reinforcing—you can’t understand one without the other.
Rachel Johnson
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Before Trump Was a Racist Commander-in-Chief, He Was a Racist Real Estate Executive
Newly released files from the FBI's investigation into Trump's company document pervasive discrimination against people of color.
Rachel Johnson
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From the Cold War to Clinton: How Liberals and Conservatives Have Separated Race From Class
It's up to the Left to revive the interracial working-class movement of the post-War era.
Rachel Johnson
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