Negin Owliaei

Negin Owliaei is an Inequality Editor and Researcher at the Institute for Policy Studies. Before joining IPS, she worked as a journalist and digital producer at Al Jazeera Media Network, where she covered social movements and the internet for the award-winning program The Stream.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Negin Owliaei

Opinion

It’s time to ban the billionaires
November 14, 2019 By Negin Owliaei
The wealthiest Americans dominate our airwaves. Let’s hear from someone else for a change.
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Environment

Profits roll in for “corporate vultures” while Amazon rainforest burns
September 13, 2019 By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson And Negin Owliaei
The fires are no accident. They’re set by people turning a profit in a grocery store near you.
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Labor

Wall Street killed Toys ‘R’ Us, but its workers’ fight continues
August 24, 2018 By Negin Owliaei
Private equity firms loaded the toy giant with debt and cashed out, leaving 30,000 employees high and dry with no severance.
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Opinion

Teachers are fighting for a lot more than their own paychecks
April 17, 2018 By Negin Owliaei
Just like the Chicago strike of 2012, the teacher protests taking place today aren’t a “choice,” but a response to one made by politicians, who opted to slash funding for public schools.
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Opinion

Teachers deserve a raise. Here’s how to fund it.
March 22, 2018 By Negin Owliaei
Huge tax cuts for energy corporations have left state school budgets broke.
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