Belabored

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Belabored: The Senate Fiddles While America Burns, with Rebecca Dixon Oct 02, 2020

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The Democrats in the House just passed a new stimulus bill, but what are its odds of passing the Senate? Rebecca Dixon of the National Employment Law Project breaks it down.

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Belabored: Is it Safe to Go Back to School? Sep 18, 2020

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Three education workers talk about school reopening, and their struggle to protect their health and that of their students.

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Belabored Podcast #205: Wildcat Sports Strike Wave, with Dave Zirin Sep 04, 2020

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The athletic strikes may have been short-lived, but they made a huge impact, disrupting the pretense of normalcy that sports entertainment normally helps viewers create.

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Belabored Podcast #204: Protect the Post Office Aug 21, 2020

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As public fear rises over potential disruptions to mail-in voting in the lead-up to the election, we talk with three postal workers about what’s happening to our mail and the people who handle it.

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Belabored Podcast #203: What the Pandemic Taught Us About Basic Income, with Barb Jacobson Aug 07, 2020

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The beginning of the pandemic saw governments around the world experimenting with ways to pay people to stay home. What have we learned?

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Belabored Podcast #202: The Strike for Black Lives Jul 24, 2020

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This week workers across the country walked off the job and rallied in the streets as part of a labor mobilization to support Black Lives Matter.

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Belabored Podcast #201: Trump’s Latest Migration Outrage Jul 03, 2020

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Trump's recent proclamation temporarily bans guestworkers from coming to the United States, but what does it actually do? Daniel Costa of the Economic Policy Institute explains.

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Belabored Podcast #200: Back to the Streets of Chicago Jun 19, 2020

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For the 200th episode of Belabored, Sarah and Michelle speak to Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates about what it’s like to be an educator and an organizer during a pandemic and an uprising against police brutality.

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Belabored Podcast #199: Radical Seattle, with Cal Winslow Jun 05, 2020

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For a short time in 1919, the working class ran the city of Seattle. Radicals experienced intense police violence, and those deemed "outside agitators" faced deportation. The story of a general strike.

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