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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.

  • Video: Election Debrief: Reporters’ Roundtable

    On November 18th, the Murphy Institute hosted a forum providing an examination of the 2016 electoral season, in which working-class anxiety and rage assumed a central role. A group of prominent journalists including Laura Flanders, Harold Meyerson, Jamilah King and Julio Ricardo Varela assessed what the primaries and the general election say about the current political landscape,

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  • Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center (BWRC) Seeks Project Coordinator (Graduate Students Only)

    The Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center (BWRC) at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) is seeking a highly motivated and organized individual who can advance the Center’s mission of being a place-based research and pedagogical forum that engages with the physical and cultural elements of the waterfront and its neighborhoods. The Center’s main public activities

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  • Sierra Club Seeks Senior Campaign Representative, Clean Infrastructure (Washington, DC)

    APPLY HERE Department: Conservation Reports To: Director of Sierra Club’s Labor and Economic Justice Program Context: Plans, organizes and coordinates the activities of staff and volunteers in carrying out all aspects of Labor and Economic Justice Program related to the Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign’s work on labor, economic justice and clean infrastructure. The Labor and

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  • New Labor Forum Highlights: Nov. 28th, 2016

    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. Many of us continue to scratch our heads about a Trump electoral victory that only weeks ago seemed pretty improbable.

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