Maximillian Alvarez
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
- Host, Working People podcast
- Author, The Work of Living
- Dad to many cats
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Plan Cóndor, the secret U.S.-backed terror network that allowed repressive regimes to persecute opponents living in exile. The upcoming season of my podcast #UnderTheShadow dives into this past & the search for justice. @therealnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Plan Cóndor, the secret U.S.-backed terror network that allowed repressive regimes to persecute opponents living in exile. The upcoming season of my podcast #UnderTheShadow dives into this past & the search for justice. @therealnews.com
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Already burdened by years of slashed funding and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
Trump Cuts Leave VA Hospital Nurses and Veteran Patients in a Crisis
Already burdened by years of funding cuts and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis as the impact of the Trump a...
inthesetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Already burdened by years of slashed funding and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?
“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...
therealnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
redemmas.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
🚨 New from me, @tayagraham.bsky.social, & Stephen Janis
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨 New from me, @tayagraham.bsky.social, & Stephen Janis
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
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🚨 New from me:
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
therealnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨 New from me:
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
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BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
redemmas.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
redemmas.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
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all power to the workers
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
all power to the workers
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Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
The Right funds its media. Can progressive philanthropy meet the moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
therealnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
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November 20 is Black Consciousness Day in #Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black groups, communities & movs & celebrating Brazil’s most historic Black leader, #Zumbi dos Palmares. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #ConcienciaNegra
Zumbi dos Palmares: Brazil's hero of Black resistance
Zumbi dos Palmares was the leader of the great Palmares Quilombo, in colonial Brazil. He was killed by Portuguese forces on Nov. 20, 1695, after years of struggle. He is Brazil’s greatest hero of Blac...
therealnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
November 20 is Black Consciousness Day in #Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black groups, communities & movs & celebrating Brazil’s most historic Black leader, #Zumbi dos Palmares. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #ConcienciaNegra
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
🚨 New from me:
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
therealnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨 New from me:
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
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Ah, this is so amazing! @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social talked to rank-and-file union members with the Minnesota Union Leadership Program about what it means to be part of the labor movement in these difficult times. Thanks so much for covering this, Max!
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
therealnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ah, this is so amazing! @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social talked to rank-and-file union members with the Minnesota Union Leadership Program about what it means to be part of the labor movement in these difficult times. Thanks so much for covering this, Max!
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“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there’s not a lot of hope, there’s a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it could be so transformative.”
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
therealnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there’s not a lot of hope, there’s a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it could be so transformative.”
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Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This is in front of a Starbucks distribution center - their largest on the East Coast!
The unfair labor practices strike is in its 7th day, and these baristas mean BUSINESS.
Please support them by not buying Starbucks.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This is in front of a Starbucks distribution center - their largest on the East Coast!
The unfair labor practices strike is in its 7th day, and these baristas mean BUSINESS.
Please support them by not buying Starbucks.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Baristas are locking arms in front of lines of trucks.
This is in front of a Starbucks distribution center - their largest on the East Coast!
The unfair labor practices strike is in its 7th day, and these baristas mean BUSINESS.
Please support them by not buying Starbucks.
#NoContractNoCoffee
This is in front of a Starbucks distribution center - their largest on the East Coast!
The unfair labor practices strike is in its 7th day, and these baristas mean BUSINESS.
Please support them by not buying Starbucks.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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Breaking: Trump is considering a shocking executive order to ban states from passing their own AI laws. This is a massive federal overreach designed to gut regulations and let corporations run wild. We ... https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/824608/trump-executive-order-ai-state-laws
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order as soon as Friday that would give the federal government unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence, including the creation of an "AI Litigation Task Force" overseen by the Attorney General, "whose sole responsibility sha
www.theverge.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Breaking: Trump is considering a shocking executive order to ban states from passing their own AI laws. This is a massive federal overreach designed to gut regulations and let corporations run wild. We ... https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/824608/trump-executive-order-ai-state-laws
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“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
After ‘disgusting display’ at White House, Omar says Congress must stop Trump sale of F-35s to Saudis
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
therealnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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This year’s COP30 conference has more fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance than any previous conference, but it has also drawn the biggest delegation of Indigenous peoples from around the world—each group representing competing visions for addressing the climate crisis.
At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?
“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...
therealnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This year’s COP30 conference has more fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance than any previous conference, but it has also drawn the biggest delegation of Indigenous peoples from around the world—each group representing competing visions for addressing the climate crisis.
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“Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed… Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises.”
‘We lose many patients’: Inside Gaza’s last hospitals
"Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed... Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises."
therealnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed… Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises.”
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“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
‘This is our reality’: Charlotte residents horrified after Border Patrol arrests women for honking car horn
“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
therealnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
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Years ago I was a Starbucks barista at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore right across from Camden Yards in the business towers for several months. It was probably the most strenuous job I have personally ever had. If you don't believe that these people are working their asses off you are nuts.
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Years ago I was a Starbucks barista at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore right across from Camden Yards in the business towers for several months. It was probably the most strenuous job I have personally ever had. If you don't believe that these people are working their asses off you are nuts.