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>"Nothing we can do will make the world more free, fair and prosperous than giving women control over their own bodies"

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"Art workers are organizing in response to miserable pay and working conditions. The history of artist unions in the United States can help them chart a path forward."

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"When stay-at-home orders went into effect in the spring of 2020, confined to my Oakland neighborhood while caring for an infant and teaching remotely, I started an ethnographic project close to home."

"‘Labour abuse is baked into the supply-chain model championed by apparel giants,’ one labour rights researcher said."