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Adewale A. Maye

Adewale A. Maye is a policy and research analyst with the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy. He studies the root causes of racial economic inequality...

• Trump makes it easier for employers to discriminate, stifling equity and hurting economic growth

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Valerie Wilson

Valerie Rawlston Wilson (she/her) is a labor economist and Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), a nationally recognized source for expert reports...

• Trump makes it easier for employers to discriminate, stifling equity and hurting economic growth

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Sam Kuttab

Sam Kuttab is a Palestinian American activist in Philadelphia.

• Philadelphia People’s Tribunal on Gaza war crimes set for this weekend

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Peter Mertens

Peter Mertens is a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

• NATO and EU military buildup serves Trump attacks on China

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Sophie Hurwitz

Sophie Hurwitz is a Climate Solutions Reporting Fellow at Grist.

• Gas stove makers quietly delete air pollution warnings as they fight mandatory health labels
• Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems

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LaToya Parker

LaToya Parker is a senior researcher at the Joint Center.

• Trump’s ‘big beautiful budget bill’ a disaster for Black workers

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Frank Estrada

Frank Estrada is an activist from Michigan working on tenant organizing.

• Pro-Palestine student protester hit with charges, free speech tested
• Michigan State students compel university administrators to meet on divestment demand

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Elijah Crawford

Elijah Crawford writes from Northern Virginia.

• White grievance’s war against DEI comes to George Mason University
• Fight for the rights of immigrants continues in Northern Virginia

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Cassandra Lopez-Warren

Cassandra Lopez-Warren is co-chair and founding member of the Smith College Young Communist League. She is also affiliated with the Western Massachusetts club of the Communist Party. Her organizing work...

• Cuban youth organizations mobilize against intervention
• Communist historiography comes to light at American Historical Association conference

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