Part II: The Great Unmaking

How corporations built the nonunion industry—and used an excluded workforce to weaken standards for everyone.

Aug 11 • Beyond the Bars

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June 2026

Part I: The Architecture of Division

How unions built pathways to secure construction careers—and excluded Black workers from them.

Jun 9 • Beyond the Bars

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April 2026

Real Reentry

Why job placement is not enough—and what it takes to build quality careers and worker power for workers with records.

Apr 28

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March 2026

Underwriting Labor

How the American economy protects capital by pushing risk onto workers—from slavery and prison labor to temp work.

Mar 24 • Beyond the Bars

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2

February 2026

“Once You Start, It’s a Bug; You Won’t Want to Stop”

Remembering Akeel Nizam Williams and the movement for dignity and collective power he helped build.

Feb 19 • Beyond the Bars

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January 2026

Beyond Legislative Reform

A look into Florida’s legislative landscape and why we can’t rely on public policy change alone.

Jan 22 • Beyond the Bars

2

December 2025

Precarity by Design

How temp agencies and host employers profit from instability—and where workers and unions can intervene.

Dec 16, 2025 • Beyond the Bars

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November 2025

The Temp Trap

How incarceration funnels workers with records into temporary labor—and a blueprint for organizing the industry.

Nov 18, 2025 • Beyond the Bars

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April 2025

On the Clock and on Probation

How state supervision and labor pools extend punishment into the workplace—and how workers are organizing their way out.

Apr 1, 2025 • Beyond the Bars

March 2025

The Workers America Locked Out

Why rebuilding labor and democracy depends on organizing people with criminal records.

Mar 1, 2025 • Beyond the Bars