This week the Missouri legislature will once again meet to undermine the will of the voters. On the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll talk to Benjamin Singer of Respect Missouri Voters […]

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Jennifer Abruzzo was General Counsel to the National Labor Relations Board during the Biden administration. She pioneered changes to help restore the right to organize unions to American workers. Trump […]

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Washburn University students from Topeka joined a Witness for Peace delegation to Cuba to learn about race, environment and the U.S. economic blockade aimed at undoing the Cuban revolution. They […]

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The Trump administration has attacked the federal workforce with firings, union busting, weakened job protections, reduced telework, and speedups.  This week in our continuing labor leader series on the Heartland […]

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In an age of Amazon, Starbucks and Google it may seem impossible for workers to win a union. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we’ll talk with Olivia Geho, […]

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Economist Richard Wolff – podcaster, professor, Marxist and strong advocate for worker-owned cooperatives is more relevant today than ever. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum we’ll ask Rick Wolff […]

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Unions that haven’t gone on strike in years are facing doing so as an increasing number of bosses refuse to bargain in good faith. This week on the Heartland Labor […]

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Two women started Boots on the Ground Midwest on a whim and full of despair.  It’s evolved quickly mobilizing and motivating citizens to protest creeping fascism. We’ll hear their experiences […]

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We are thrilled to welcome back award-winning novelist Rachel Kushner for a second in-depth interview—this time about her gripping new corporate-surveillance, bad guy spy-thriller, Creation Lake. This is a twisted tale […]

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