Center for Work and Democracy

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Local, national and global affairs

What’s next for unions? ASU center investigates evolving strategies in new report

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Local, national and global affairs

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond: 'Poverty is stealing people's lives'

March 26, 2024

portrait of Matthew Desmond

Law, journalism and politics

Annual lecture to bring housing, poverty expert to ASU

March 07, 2024

Black-and-white photo of workers, some sitting and some standing, at an industrial plant.

Local, national and global affairs

New podcast hosted by ASU faculty member focuses on organized labor history

February 12, 2024

"Twin Flames: The George Floyd Uprising from Minneapolis to Phoenix" web banner

Arts, humanities and education

ASU partners with George Floyd Global Memorial to present 'Twin Flames' exhibit

December 20, 2023

Photo of Benjamin Fong

Arts, humanities and education

ASU faculty member to discuss latest book on drugs in America at upcoming events

September 06, 2023

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Law, journalism and politics

New project places personal stories at center of democracy research

November 23, 2022

Statue of the scales of justice.

Law, journalism and politics

Is democracy dying?

August 19, 2022

Portrait of Jeanelle Austin, inaugural activist-in-residence at ASU's Center for Work and Democracy.

Law, journalism and politics

Introducing Jeanelle Austin, ASU's inaugural activist-in-residence

January 04, 2022

Law, journalism and politics

ASU director on the changing landscape of activism and protest in America

April 12, 2021