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Working People
Working People
Working People

Working People: A podcast by, for, and about the working class today (now in partnership with In These Times magazine and The... more

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‘Like being tortured’: Texas residents living next to bitcoin mine are getting sick and being ignored

While state officials and legislators have positioned Texas to be “the bitcoin mining capital of the world,” in small towns... more

07 May 2025 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
FBI agents raid homes of pro-Palestine students at University of Michigan

The Trump administration continues to escalate its authoritarian assault on higher education, free speech, and political dissent—and university administrators and... more

06 May 2025 · 58 minutes
A bitcoin mine in Texas is “killing us slowly,” local residents say

I would like to see Texas become the center of the universe for bitcoin and crypto,” US Senator Ted Cruz... more

23 Apr 2025 · 50 minutes
‘A tremendous chilling effect’: Columbia students describe dystopian reality on campus amid Trump attacks

One year ago, Columbia University became ground zero for the student-led Gaza solidarity encampment movement that spread... more

17 Apr 2025 · 58 minutes
‘People are hiding in their apartments’: Inside Trump’s assault on universities

International students are being abducted and disappeared by ICE in broad daylight. Life-saving research projects across the academy are being... more

12 Apr 2025 · 1 hour,
“Kill the Cuts”: Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal

On Tuesday, April 8, unions, unionized federal workers, and their supporters around the country mobilized for a national “Kill the... more

11 Apr 2025 · 34 minutes
Trump escalates the war on federal unions

Last week, President Trump escalated his administration's war on the federal workforce and workers’ rights when he signed an executive... more

04 Apr 2025 · 55 minutes
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Uprising of the 20,000

As we’ve mentioned many times before on the show, movements today are a part of a legacy of extraordinary actions... more

27 Mar 2025 · 56 minutes
Privatize USPS? Mail carriers are fighting for a better idea

This week, we’re taking a more national focus, and checking in with the National Association of Letter Carriers, who have... more

24 Mar 2025 · 53 minutes
Show us the ropes: How Touchstone Climbing Gym workers unionized five locations

This week, we’re staying in Southern California, where the workers of Touchstone Climbing Gym in Los Angeles have been negotiating... more

15 Mar 2025 · 51 minutes
Working People
‘Like being tortured’: Texas residents living next to bitcoin mine are getting sick and being ignored
Working People