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The editors wish to acknowledge and thank our families for their support in making this book possible, especially given the many challenges of juggling work, home schooling our kids, and family life amidst the COVID-19 crisis.

First and foremost, Jake is grateful for all the love, support, motivation, and inspiration he received from his partner, Sabrina Alimahomed-Wilson and their two kids, Shanti and Séamus, during this entire book project. Jake is also thankful for his parents, Jay and Mary, for their positive encouragement every step of the way. Finally, Jake thanks his wonderful colleagues and amazing students at California State University, Long Beach.

First and foremost, Ellen wishes to thank her partner, Ernest Savage and her son Xavier for their support. Ellen is also grateful for the encouragement she received from her parents, Bill and Emmy, and her colleagues at the University of California Riverside, especially Juliann Allison. Ellen also thanks her UCR undergraduate Sociology 197 student research team who provided valuable research assistance, especially for Chapters 5 and 6, as well as other UCR students who helped to inform and shape ideas for this project.

We also want to thank all of the contributors for their amazing chapters and the many workers and activists who shared their stories and insights for this project. Without them, this volume would not have been possible. In addition, we want to thank David Shulman and the entire staff at Pluto Press—it is a privilege to work with all of you. To our anonymous reviewers, and our contributors, Jason Struna, Juliann Allison, and Kim Moody, and Soc 232 graduate students at UCR, we appreciate the feedback you all provided on individual chapters. We’re thankful for the support we received from Carolina Bank Muñoz, Edna Bonacich, James McKeever, Rebecca Romo, Mike Chavez, Carlotta Benvegnù, Haude Rivoal, Niccolò Cuppini, David Gaborieau, Kirsty Newsome, Chima Anyadike-Danes, Kent Wong, Stephanie Luce, Bill Fletcher Jr., Peter Cole, Robert Ovetz, Spencer Potiker, and Immanuel Ness. Finally, we also thank Shaafi Farooqi for her wonderful copy-editing assistance.