Zach Carlson

LATEST ARTICLES BY Zach Carlson

• Labor

  

  SEIU Graduate Workers Union in stalled talks at Illinois State University

  March 1, 2021 By Zach Carlson

  Winning a union was tough enough for the graduate student workers at ISU but negotiating a contract has been even harder.

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• Culture

  

  ‘To See Each Other,’ People’s Action podcast challenges rural America’s stereotypes

  September 28, 2020 By Zach Carlson

  Producers see a possible resurgence of progressive activity in rural areas.

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• News

  

  Illinois energy companies planning utility shutoff spree when moratorium expires

  July 31, 2020 By Zach Carlson

  They are determined to cut the cord on families who can’t pay up, but residents and activists are fighting back.

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• U.S.

  

  Small-town solidarity: The grassroots fight against immigrant detention centers

  July 9, 2019 By Zach Carlson

  Townspeople in Dwight, Illinois, took on the private detention industry—and won.

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• Environment

  

  Trickle-down pollution: The waterways from Chicago to New Orleans

  July 8, 2019 By Zach Carlson

  We can't punish the north to save the south, nor can we ignore the issues caused by the north to continually punish the people living in the south.

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• U.S.

  

  Council approves ICE immigrant prison in central Illinois

  March 15, 2019 By Zach Carlson

  The proposal now goes to the federal government for final approval and contracting.

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• U.S.

  

  Opposition mounts to planned ICE prison in Illinois

  March 6, 2019 By Zach Carlson

  It should come to no one’s surprise that the private prison industry is looking to exploit the economic stagnation of a small town.

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