Daria Marcantonio Kieffer

Jun 5, 2023 | truthout.org | Julia Conley |Sharon Zhang |Daria Marcantonio Kieffer |Kenny Stancil

As shareholders gathered at the annual meeting of Gannett, the largest newspaper company in the United States following a 2019 merger, hundreds of unionized employees from across the country walked off the job on Monday to demand investors take action against what the journalists say is corporate greed at the top of the organization.

May 25, 2023 | truthout.org | Emily Drabinski |Chris Walker |George Yancy |Daria Marcantonio Kieffer

The rise of organized attempts to censor school curricula and materials available in school libraries is proving to be a fertile training ground for a new generation of student activists. Facing the removal of books about LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experiences, students are demanding the right to read in schools across the country. Nowhere is this truer than in Texas, a state where equal access to a range of stories has been under attack for years.

May 21, 2023 | truthout.org | Daria Marcantonio Kieffer |Kenzo Shibata |Miles Hamberg |Deepa Kumar

The 3,000 teachers and support staff of the Oakland Education Association walked out May 4, shutting down all 85 elementary, middle, and high schools. Community support was immediate and widespread—parents were already familiar with the cuts the district had inflicted or proposed. Many donated food and joined our picket lines to walk, dance, and chant in solidarity.