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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.

  • Surdna Foundation Seeks Program Officer for Strong Local Economies Program

    The Surdna Foundation, a New York City-based family foundation, seeks a Program Officer for its Strong Local Economies Program. The Program Officer will report directly to the Program Director for Strong Local Economies. See further information here.

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  • Journalists Gather to Discuss Labor and the Elections at Murphy

    Last Friday, Sarah Jaffe, Juan Gonzalez, Errol Louis, Michael Hirsch and Ed Ott participated in a panel discussion in front of a packed house here at Murphy. The panelists analyzed the 2014 midterm elections, looking at what happened this time around and discussing the implications for the future. Miss the Forum? Check out the livestream,…

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  • Social Media Coordinator for UFT

    The United Federation of Teachers — the 200,000-member union of New York City public school teachers and other professionals — seeks an experienced social media coordinator with a passion for public schools to work as part of the union’s close-knit digital communications team. Working closely with the member communications director and others at the UFT,…

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  • Dead Labor on a Dead Planet: The Inconvenient Truth of Workers’ Bladders

    This article was originally featured in Monthly Review Zine. By Kafui Attoh “Once labor has been embodied in instruments of production and enters the further process of labor to play its role there, it may be called, following Marx, dead labor [. . .]. The ideal toward which capitalism strives is the domination of dead…

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