Working Class Heroes is a narrative investigative journalism podcast exploring the lives, history, politics and culture of working class “New YorQuinos.”
Big Announcement! 📢📢📢📢 We are upgrading to a 1 hour show starting this Saturday at 6pm on @WBAI 99.5FM! We are excited to have more time to chat with our guests about all things working-class New York & play more music! #workingclassheroes#publicradio
Prakash Churaman's latest court hearing draws largest crowd of supporters to date. Churaman was convicted of murdering his close friend, a crime he says he was forced to confess to when he was 15 years old. @pslweb@prisonskill@CourtWatchNYCindypendent.org/2021/05/quee…
We are standing together demanding the 10 fired workers stay on the job until an arbitrator decides their case.
@ups is lying to the press- saying the workers can come back any time. They will only let them back if the Union agrees to forced overtime for 3k part time workers.
We've been taking a break after a long year, but we couldn't stay away for May Day so get ready for a great show tomorrow: "Deliveristas of the World Unite!"
I'm so grateful that through Working Class Heroes @WCHPod I've learned from NYCers who've kept last year from being even worse--tenants winning an eviction moratorium, educators forcing schools to close, formerly incarcerated winning a possible end to solitary
Javier is home! But he never should have been locked up. Check out Episode 27 for our interview with Javier's sister Dariela when it looked like Javier would be deported in a few days. nytimes.com/2021/03/11/nyreg…
Prakash Churaman is fighting for his own freedom but also talking here to the NYTimes about the dire conditions inside Rikers Island. nytimes.com/2021/03/10/nyreg…
If this actually happens (big if) it's a real victory against state torture!
We owe thanks to survivors of solitary like Victor Pate from @NYCAIC who spoke to us last fall about the organizing that led to this decision. nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-…
"In Pennsylvania, roughly $108 million of the $175 million meant for rent and mortgage relief never made it to the people pleading for it and was redistributed to the state’s Department of Corrections for coronavirus-related payroll expenses instead." theintercept.com/2021/03/05/…