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Every bite of food you take contains a lot of sweat and tears of agricultural workers around the world. I welcome back our good friend and global organizer Shawna Bader-Blau, executive director of the Solidarity Center, to talk about the tens of millions of people who toil in the food global supply chain–and how to build a food justice movement.

Turning to the recent elections in New York, Katherine Brezler, grassroots activist extraordinaire, drops by to pick apart why progressives should feel pretty damn good about the results at the polls.

Our Robber Baron of the week is the CEO of a drug company that jacked up the price of a critical drug more than 500%.