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Rachel Johnson
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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#MeToo Hits Fast Food: Why McDonald’s Workers Are Out on a Historic Strike Today
Workers at McDonald’s are set to walk out of work today in ten U.S. cities: Chicago, St. Louis, Durham, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Orlando and San... MORE
Working · September 18, 2018
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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. MORE
Features · August 3, 2018
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#RedforMed: 1,800 Vermont Nurses Are On Strike Demanding Their Hospital Put Patients Over Profits
Ranked 47th for pay in the nation. High turnover, stagnant wages, and chronic staffing shortages—sound familiar? You’d be forgiven for thinking these figures refer to the working conditions of... MORE
Working · July 13, 2018
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West Virginia Teachers and the Return of Labor Feminism
Since the 2016 election, Americans have been treated to all varieties of media profiles and literary-safari trips to the heart of coal country—like J.D. Vance’s book Hillbilly Elegy&mdash... MORE
Working · April 18, 2018
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Illinois Grad Students Are on Strike to Make the University Accessible for the Working Class
On February 26, four days after teachers in all 55 West Virginia counties walked out on strike, graduate workers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) followed suit. Filling the leafy quad of Illinois’... MORE
Working · March 6, 2018
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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. MORE
Features · March 20, 2017
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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. MORE
Features · February 17, 2017
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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. MORE
Features · February 6, 2017