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. Negin graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in International Studies and English.
People around the country are demanding accountability from members of an elite class who have long lived by their own set of rules.
One often-forgotten group of people have the information — and the motivation — to tame the bests of finance.
Romero promises to delve into immigration reform when she takes over the union later this year.
A class-action lawsuit against a D.C. institution underscores the need for one fair wage.
Ride-hailing companies and their corporate lobby were no match for the commitment of the city’s cab driver union.
A Pennsylvania county goes up against a giant of the private prison industry and comes out victorious.
As city council attempts to overturn a minimum wage initiative, district residents demand elected officials respect their vote.
The toy store’s former employees are using public shaming and pension plans to demand severance and fight Wall Street greed.
Misinformation abounds as the restaurant industry pours its resources into defeating Initiative 77.
Down Home North Carolina is organizing a multiracial movement to restore power to the state’s working people.
Activists demand accountability from Power Design, a subcontractor enabling the “race to the bottom” at construction sites around Washington, D.C.
An annual protest tradition continues as activists demand accountability from the scandal-ridden bank.
The state’s teachers go on strike, calling for a ban on tax cuts until education funding reaches national average.
A growing movement is connecting labor struggles with justice in the classroom and the community.
The victory belongs to the workers, organizers, and advocates who maintained fierce backlash to the proposal.
Huge tax cuts for energy corporations have left state school budgets broke.
The teacher’s strike holds a lesson for other states: slashing taxes is no excuse for underfunding education.
South Florida was known as a hotbed for modern day slavery. Now, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers is using their innovative model to bring dignity to the tomato fields.
In preparation of the landmark Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court case, workers across the U.S. rally to show their collective power and demand an end to the rigged economy.
Minnesota activists have launched a week of resistance against racism, corporatism, and displacement caused by the Super Bowl in Minneapolis.