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2021-01-25

Throughout 2020, there was a new election and stakes were extremely high. While working on the set of NBC’s Chicago MED, crew members tried to keep spirits up as much as possible. One of the ways we did that was by printing out a cardboard cut out of Bernie Sanders and leaving him around the sets to make people laugh.

2021-03-21

When Workers Stand Together in Collecive Bargaining, There's Power.

Verified When workers stand together in collective bargaining, there's power. Every benefit, from the minimum wage to the 5-day work week, was earned when people organized. It’s never easy. But workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama are standing together right now and if they win, it will send a shockwave throughout this country.

2021-01-16

An Eco-Socialist model for fixing the COVID-19 crisis

Rob Wallace, an evolutionary epidemiologist with the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps, reflects on the state of the US's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He lists a set of demands, per se, that outline how focusing on an environmental ethic based on the principle of meeting the needs of each person can provide a way out of the pandemic.

2020-08-10

The COVID Chronicles

This is a piece of word cloud art where I fed in every major word I used in every major conversation I've had with friends and family. This truly captures what life is like in the United States in 2020.

2020-07

KNPR Segment Summary

This segment summary was written by a college student during the pandemic. It required the student to write the summary of an interview in which Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate, was racing during this pandemic. *College student *Bernie Sanders, KNPR radio host