The $30/hour number Starbucks quotes? It's not a wage. It's a total compensation figure that requires benefits most baristas are deliberately scheduled too few hours to qualify for.
New episode with @sbworkersunited.org is out now✊🏽
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AI has the capacity to shape what we collectively come to understand as truth. I sat down with @vauhinivara.bsky.social to unpack who's really in control and what we're giving up.🎙️ New episode of @artofcitizenry.bsky.social out now!
Coffee, Silicon Valley & George W. Bush’s former roommate? Philz Coffee made headlines when it was bought by a private equity firm & cancelled all employee stock — @manpreetkalra.bsky.social & @annacanning.bsky.social unpack what really went down!
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PESP's Azani Creeks joined @manpreetkalra.bsky.social to unpack how private equity–backed companies like GardaWorld stand to profit immensely from immigrant detention in the wake of the Big Beautiful Bill, despite a long record of whistleblowers exposing abuses inside their facilities. Listen here ➡️
H.R. 1, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, expands the Deportation Industrial Complex — among the biggest winners are #privateequity firms and the billionaire class they represent.
🎧 Tune into my conversation with @pestakeholder.bsky.social!
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Paramount’s $16M payout to Trump.
Press freedom under corporate control.
A fashion ad cashing in on racist tropes.
🎙️Tune into Fragments of a Fragile Order — listen anywhere you get podcasts!
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Episode 31 of Art of Citizenry Podcast dives into the corporations underpinning and profiting from genocide in Gaza
The Tel Aviv stock exchange has surged 179% since the start of Israel’s military assault on Gaza. I spoke with Lydia de Leeuw @somoamsterdam.bsky.social on the corporate architecture that sustains and profits from occupation.
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New #podcast episode! Divide-and-rule wasn’t just a strategy—it was a blueprint. Colonial powers engineered divisions that still shape global systems today.
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Lucky Brand owes Guatemalan garment workers unpaid severance. This is a case of unauthorized subcontracting. Brands dodge accountability—offloading risk and labor violations onto workers they claim not to know exist. @annacanning.bsky.social breaks it down — tune in!
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The fate of America’s public lands is at a crossroads. DOGE is gutting . #nationalparks & #nationaltrails to serve extractive interests — while ignoring an outdoor economy that actually benefits Americans.
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Join us as we explore the power of community-led movements, storytelling as an advocacy tool that allows individuals to build their own reparation framework, and the role of international human rights mechanisms.
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🎙️ New podcast episode released today!
I’m joined by immigrant community organizer @marumorav.bsky.social, Founder of @laresistencianw.bsky.social, and international #humanrights lawyer Alejandra Gonza of Global Rights Advocacy.
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90% of detained immigrants are held in privatized detention centers. I am joined by Anthony Enriquez, VP of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at @rfkhumanrights.bsky.social as we unpack the financial motivations behind privatized detention centers. 🎧 Tune in: open.spotify.com/episode/4SoJ...