Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer, educator and media maker based in Minneapolis. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota, and has been published in numerous academic journals and popular press sites. She covers labor, prisons and LGBTQ justice, and her memoir </i>Rust Belt Femme<i> is forthcoming from Belt Publishing. Follow her on Twitter @reblgrrlraechel.
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Labor
Why May Day Continues to Capture the Hearts and Imaginations of Workers
Raechel Anne Jolie