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Mel Buer is a staff reporter for The Real News Network, covering U.S. politics, labor, and movements and the host of The Real News Network Podcast. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and others. Prior to joining TRNN, she worked as a freelance reporter covering Midwest labor struggles, including reporting on the 2021 Kellogg's strike and the 2022 railroad workers struggle. In the past she has reported extensively on Midwest protests and movements during the 2020 uprising and is currently researching and writing a book on radical media for Or Books. Follow her on Twitter or send her a message at mel@therealnews.com

Noon Break For Miners At Cripple Creek. Photo by F. Jay Haynes/Buyenlarge/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

The Battle of Cripple Creek: How armed miners won better pay and hours

Mel Buer by Mel Buer February 8, 2024February 15, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches a video of President Joe Biden playing during a rally for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the Miami-Dade Country Fair and Exposition on November 6, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Here’s everything about the 2024 elections you’ve been avoiding

Mel Buer by Mel Buer February 1, 2024February 1, 2024
Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023 in New York City. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Palestine and the crisis of free speech on college campuses

Mel Buer by Mel Buer January 25, 2024March 13, 2024
Shawn Fain, President of the United Automobile Workers, joins lawmakers at a press conference calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East outside of the U.S. Capitol on December 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

The UAW won big in 2023—and they’re not done yet

Mel BuerTeddy Ostrow by Mel Buer and Teddy Ostrow January 18, 2024January 31, 2024
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

2023 was a year of crisis and struggle

Mel BuerMarc Steiner Headshot by Maximillian Alvarez, Mel Buer and Marc Steiner December 29, 2023December 30, 2023
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

Workers picket Game Awards amid industry layoffs

Mel Buer by Mel Buer December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Picketers hold signs during the Writers Strike.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Film and TV production assistants are unionizing—and ready to fight

Mel Buer by Mel Buer November 14, 2023March 13, 2024
Dartmouth College's Baker Library Bell Tower, via Getty Images
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Pro-Palestine Dartmouth students want a ‘New Deal’ for their school

Mel Buer by Mel Buer November 7, 2023January 20, 2024
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Local lawmakers renew push for One Fair Wage in Maryland

Mel Buer by Mel Buer September 26, 2023September 26, 2023
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Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other

Mel Buer by Mel Buer September 8, 2023March 13, 2024

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