“To confront repression and depoliticization head-on, philanthropy must commit to deeply understanding and supporting the interconnected nature of global struggles.” We are living through a compounding, interconnected catastrophe—one long sounded...
This power shift hasn’t just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans. American workers stand at a perilous crossroads, with their health...
Dr. Peter Schnall (he/him) is the Co-Director of the Healthy Work Campaign, as well as the Founder and Director of the Center for Social Epidemiology. An internist and epidemiologist, Peter...
Zack Kaldveer (he/him) is the Communications Manager for the Healthy Work Campaign. Zack has worked as an advocate, writer, and strategist on a diverse range of local, statewide, and national...
Over-reliance on outside funding threatens organizations’ long-term stability. Veteran labor organizer, Keith Kelleher, proposes for member-driven “community unions” as a sustainable alternative. We are in a mess right now....
The top ranks of labor leadership are turning over quickly. It’s worth asking what, if anything, it means. The last few months have seen some unexpected and significant changes in...
South Asian resistance movements offer vital strategies for combating rising fascism globally through transnational solidarity, grassroots organizing, and cultural defiance. The presence of Kash Patel at the head of the...
Maya Bhardwaj is a queer South Indian American scholar, organizer, writer, musician, and artist. Their research explores queer of color politics in diaspora, and draws on their fifteen years of experience...
Elections are a time when organizers hope to establish their issue as a central priority for both the public and the candidates campaigning to take office. The phrase “electoralizing” an...
Abraham Lugo Bello is a lifelong community organizer and first-generation Venezuelan immigrant whose work sits at the intersection of grassroots power, public policy, and building a reparative, representative democracy. Beyond...
Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly details what it takes to build worker power in Spartanburg County,SC. On an unseasonably warm afternoon in early March, four worker-volunteers...
Ben Carroll lives in Durham, NC and is the Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly.
Conceptualizing social movements as part of a trans-generational struggle is crucial to both stamina and success, he says In the winter of 1969, a group of 70 Black students occupied...
Workshop’s Executive Director, MB Maxwell breaks down five ways to secure people-centered policy wins in their latest. Originally published in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas – Time for People-Centered Policy) Like...
Mary Beth Maxwell (she/her) is the Executive Director of Workshop. She has worked for three decades to advance equity and workers’ rights through organizing, policy, government, and philanthropy.
Learn how Georgian citizens have fought against their own Trump-like figure to get a glimpse of what may be ahead for the United States. It’s the 148th day of protests...
Tamta Chkhaidze is a freelance journalist and communications specialist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her career bridges journalism and strategic communications, allowing her to connect with diverse audiences across platforms. For...
Learn how Citizens UK borrowed from Chicago organizers to transform Universities into catalysts for community power. “In terms of people, money and relationships, universities are by far [one of] the...
Cameron Conner is a Professor of the Practice at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Originally from Eastern Washington, he comes to this work as a former...