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“It is my undying belief that Black women are the tide that raises all ships,” says Andrea Thornton Bolden, a showrunner and executive producer. “It’s not a strange sight at all to see Black women in the forefront of many movements, because those are the spaces where we tend to find ourselves. It’s an intrinsic part of who we are.” 

Bolden is one of more than half a million people who participated in a labor strike in 2023. From Hollywood writers and actors to auto workers and teachers, a burgeoning labor movement has swept the country— with hundreds of thousands of union employees taking to picket lines to fight for higher wages, safer working conditions and greater job security.  

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