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Maximillian Alvarez
Ten years ago, I was working 12-hour days as a warehouse temp in Southern California while my family, like millions of others, struggled to stay afloat in the wake of the Great Recession. Eventually, we lost everything, including the house I grew up in. It was in the years that followed, when hope seemed irrevocably lost and help from above seemed impossibly absent, that I realized the life-saving importance of everyday workers coming together, sharing our stories, showing our scars, and reminding one another that we are not alone. Since then, from starting the podcast Working People—where I interview workers about their lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles—to working as Associate Editor at the Chronicle Review and now as Editor-in-Chief at The Real News Network, I have dedicated my life to lifting up the voices and honoring the humanity of our fellow workers.
For the last five months, oil giant British Petroleum (BP) has locked 800 workers out of their jobs at a crude oil…
800 workers and Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members at the massive JBS beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, walked…
On Sunday, July 20, 2025, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez delivered the keynote speech at the national convention of the National Organization of…
May 25 is the five-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd. In 2023, George’s brother, Philonise Floyd, and his sister-in-law, Keeta…
Donald Trump will once again be inaugurated as president in just a week’s time, and the lessons of workers’ victories from his…
On Dec. 7, working-class residents of Curtis Bay and other South Baltimore neighborhoods marched through the streets of Annapolis and delivered a…
While Democrats are looking for scapegoats to blame for their losses on election day, Donald Trump is busy making cabinet and administration…
War is a daily fixture of American life—the US military occupies at least 750 overseas bases, and it has executed military operations…
The death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with conservative estimates putting the numbers of dead around 40,000, but a recent report…