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Welcome to our story hub—a place where every voice, experience, and perspective comes together. Here, you’ll find all the stories we’ve shared across the site, from inspiring journeys and insightful interviews to behind-the-scenes moments and community highlights. Whether you’re looking to catch up, explore something new, or simply get inspired, this is your gateway to everything we’ve been talking about.

  • New Labor Forum Highlights: Oct 30th, 2017

    The New Labor Forum has launched a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. New Labor Forum continues to discuss and debate the macro-economic and social forces that have contributed to the rightward shift in

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  • New Labor Forum Murphy Institute Student Essay Contest

    Are you a student or recent alumni of the Murphy Institute? Well we want your essays! New Labor Forum, the Murphy Institute’s journal of ideas, analysis and debate, is excited to announce a new Essay Contest for currently enrolled students and alumni that have graduated in the past two years. We invite original essays (neither

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  • ICA Group Hiring for Multiple Positions

    The ICA Group’s mission is “To expand economic opportunity and self-determination by supporting initiatives that empower workers, build community assets, and root capital locally through employee ownership.” Since 1977, the ICA Group has applied expert analysis, results-based planning and a collaborative management approach to helping start and grow worker cooperatives, democratic ESOPs and other social

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  • Event: The City is The Factory: Discussion and Book Party​​ (11/3)

    Murphy Institute 25 W. 43rd St., 18th Floor, New York, NY Program at 6pm, reception to follow Join us to discuss and celebrate the publication of The City Is the Factory: New Solidarities and Spatial Strategies in an Urban Age​, co-edited by Miriam Greenberg, University of Santa Cruz and Penny Lewis, Murphy Institute, CUNY. Contributors

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