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Know Your Enemy: How to Survive a Pandemic, with Peter Staley

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 22, 2021

Veteran HIV/AIDS activist Peter Staley discusses the AIDS crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of his friend Dr. Anthony Fauci in both.

Belabored: What’s Joe Biden’s Agenda for Labor?

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 19, 2021

Celine McNicholas of the Economic Policy Institute digs into the PRO Act and other labor policies currently on the table.

Belabored: Labor Unloved with Sarah Jaffe, Kenzo Shibata, and Micah Uetricht

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ February 5, 2021

Belabored co-host Sarah Jaffe talks about her new book, Work Won’t Love You Back.

Know Your Enemy: Panic! In America, with the You’re Wrong About Podcast

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 1, 2021

A discussion on how moral panics fueled America’s right turn, with Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes.

Belabored: Stopping the Spread of Prop 22

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 22, 2021

California’s Proposition 22 locked in a second-tier status for gig economy workers. In the state and around the country, they’re still organizing for something better.

Los Deliveristas Unidos Demand Justice

Michelle Chen ▪ January 21, 2021

“One of our dreams that we have as workers is to be treated as essential workers. We just don’t want people to say that we are essential workers, but to be treated as that.”

Know Your Enemy: Did It Happen Here?

Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ January 19, 2021

Is Donald Trump a fascist? A breakdown of the long-roiling debate.

Belabored: Going Union at Google

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ January 8, 2021

Alphabet Workers Union member Alex Hanna talks about Google’s labor politics, how a minority union can mobilize through direct action, and the future of organizing in the tech industry.