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Other emigrants such as Wolfe Tone did not compromise their principles in unfamiliar environments.

The school was funded by colonial taxation of tobacco grown by forced labor on colonized Indian lands.

The hidden story of a 180-year-old union-busting spy agency.

A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam.

The railroad company remains a site for Americans to grapple with key questions about the nature of American capitalism.

Despite their failure to achieve their ultimate goal, the IWW and its resilient members can be examples for the resurgent unions of today.

The history of guest worker programs should give pause to supporters of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

Smith's influence on American politics, and the misunderstanding at the heart of our idea of the "champion of capitalism."

A disastrous oil spill in Alaska and massive rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico revealed a pattern of unsettled standards and inconsistent oversight.

Congress was able to break the rail strike last week because of a century-old law designed to weaken the disruptive power of unions.

Firestone’s racist system of forced labor made Princeton one of the world’s foremost research universities.

Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek have been through the wringer.

How many rich moderates would join the MAGA far right if redistribution policies threatened their wealth?

More than 500 historians signed onto this letter of support for the demands of railway workers.

Wartime production led to environmental and social injustices, polluting land and bodies in ways that continue to shape public policy and race relations.

Decades after the segregation battles of his youth, Jerry Jones has modernized the NFL’s revenue model but hasn’t hired a Black head coach.

Some rail unions are resisting government pressure to accept a new employment contract, but history suggests the authorities will keep the trains running.

Worker sabotage is a weapon of the weak, but capitalist sabotage causes much greater damage.

Research shows the neighborhood you grow up in has profound impact on your future economic success. How did my family's journey across the country impact me?

None of it happened by mistake.

A historic victory in the midterm elections will let Democrats repeal the state’s right-to-work laws and return to its labor roots.

Social media makes it even easier to sell the aura of success that was pivotal to both companies.

The absence of robust transportation infrastructure hurts us — and not only at the gas pump.

In the US, where less than one percent of the land is owned by black people, Black landownership has historically been a means to challenge economic oppression.

One hundred years ago roadbuilder Edward J. Mehren wrote that streets, should be redesigned for the utility of motorists alone.

The usual narrative about the "Volcker shock" leaves a lot out — and policymakers risk learning the wrong lessons.

Politicians across the political spectrum warn of a return to the decade of stagflation, urban decay, and labor mutiny; but their solution misses the mark.

The late socialist writer's first book was a deep exploration of how the US labor movement became so weakened.

The bank’s history highlights flaws in using public-private partnerships to address racial inequality.

Over the last half-century, economics has infiltrated parts of the federal government where it has no business intruding.