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Maximillian Alvarez is a writer and editor based in Baltimore and the host of Working People, “a podcast by, for, and about the working class today” (in partnership with In These Times). His writing and political commentary has been featured on The Hill’s Rising, NPR, VICE News Tonight, The David Pakman Show, and publications including The Nation, The Baffler, Current Affairs, and The New Republic.
  • Labor

    Labor

    by Maximillian Alvarez. “Someday, perhaps, it will be a joy to remember even these things.” Aeneas offers these words to his weary shipmates when things seem to be at their lowest. It’s not a promise. Nothing is guaranteed. Someday, perhaps.