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Today on TAP: Life expectancy drops almost two years in the U.S., and it’s not just from COVID-19.

BCTGM and Kellogg ratified a new five-year contract earlier this week after workers went on strike in October. Despite the short-term gains, many workers are skeptical.

The contract ratification came after the company threatened to permanently replace striking workers.

Helping the Powerless Build Power Oral histories of five activists who’ve worked in and for worker centers Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Activists rally outside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to call on a $15 minimum wage. Over the past quarter century, a new form of worker organization – worker centers – have arisen among groups of workers, primarily immigrants and African Americans, for whom unionization isn’t usually an option, largely due to the limited scope of the laws governing collective bargaining rights. To tell the stories of these organizations, the Prospect...