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From Permanent Precarity to Permanent Power

At Beyond the Bars, we see what others refuse to see: the talent, discipline and vision of the criminalized working class.

Katherine Passley

Viewpoint

The War on Vietnam Ended 50 Years Ago and the U.S. Desperately Needs More Action on Agent Orange

Congress Should mark the 50th anniversary by passing new legislation addressing the impact of Agent Orange.

Susan Schnall and Azadeh Shahshahani

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Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley

The winner of our Labor Organizer of the Year Award co-runs a member-led worker center in Miami for people with criminal records and their families — the first organization of its kind in the country.

Kim Kelly

Labor

Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day

A guide to May Day 2025 actions.

Luis Feliz Leon

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The Education of a Teamster Rebel: Antonio Rosario

The winner of our Labor Organizer of the Year Award brings the tough love of a 30-year Teamster to the Amazon organizing effort.

Luis Feliz Leon

Labor Organizer of the Year

In These Times Honors Academic Workers

For its vitality and its protection of members against repression, the movement to organize higher education received an Honorable Mention in the Labor Organizer of the Year awards.

Fatima Jalloh

Labor Organizer of the Year

In These Times Honors Starbucks Workers

Starbucks workers received an Honorable Mention in the Labor Organizer of the Year awards for a groundbreaking campaign that is training up a generation of worker-organizers.

Fatima Jalloh

Labor Organizer of the Year

The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer

Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.

Nelson Lichtenstein

Feature

Grocery Workers VS Goliath

Kroger and Albertsons tried to merge; union organizing stopped them. But the fight for grocery workers is just beginning.

Sarah Lazare