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Michelle Chen
Michelle Chen is a contributing editor at In These Times, a contributor to Working In These Times, and an editor at CultureStrike. She is also a co-producer of Asia Pacific Forum on Pacifica’s WBAI. Her work has appeared on Alternet, Colorlines.com, Ms., and The Nation, Newsday, and her old zine, cain. Follow her on Twitter at @meeshellchen or reach her at michellechen [at] inthesetimes [dot] com.
Most Recent Articles
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A Budget That Tightens Belts by Emptying Stomachs
A time-honored tactic of conservative lawmakers is to “starve the beast”by defunding government programs. In more »
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Farmworkers Fight Wendy’s, the ‘Last Holdout’ on Fair Food
While rain pattered gently on the concrete steps of Manhattan’s Union Square last Saturday, a group more »
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A More Democratic Foxconn? No One Told the Workers
With a workforce of more than one million, the electronics giant Foxconn has enough workers in its Chinese more »
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As Death Toll in Bangladesh Collapse Climbs Past 1,000, Another Factory Fire Claims 8 Lives
Bodies continue to pile up at Rana Plaza, once a powerhouse of Bangladesh’s garment industry, where more »
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That Unemployment Form Might Violate Your Civil Rights
If you think being jobless is tough, try applying for unemployment benefits. In Florida, simply filling out the more »
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Farmworkers Dig Into the New ‘Blue Card’ Plan
Last week, immigrants’ rights groups finally got the papers they’ve been waiting for, an 844-page more »
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Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Exposes Cracks in the System
There are few ways to make a decent living in Bangladesh, but there are many ways to die more »
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Bangladeshi Activists Bring Fight to Wal-Mart’s Doorstep
Wal-Mart’s business model runs on the art of delusion. Clean aisles and bright decor insulate customers more »
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Cutting the Budget, Bleeding Us Dry
If you feel like that recovery we keep hearing about hasn’t quite trickled down to your more »
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Domestic Workers Sow a New Global Movement
In Argentina and Brazil, a sector of workers that has long labored invisibly is moving out of the more »
