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The Factory in the Family

The radical vision of Wages for Housework.
by Sarah Jaffe via The Nation on March 14, 2018

Street Fighting Woman

A new biography of Lucy Parsons makes it clear that the activist deserves attention apart from her more well-known husband.
by Eric Foner via New York Review of Books on December 21, 2017
Semi on a mountain highway.
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The Populist Power of the American Trucker

How did truckers nudge the American economy toward deregulation?
by Shane Hamilton, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on December 1, 2017

World War I: Immigrants Make a Difference on the Front Lines and at Home

Immigrants eagerly joined the war cause both by joining the military and working in important industry at home.
by Ryan Reft via Library of Congress on September 26, 2017
Janitors picketing in Santa Monica in 2008.
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Strike!

Stories about American workers who have taken collective action to demand better conditions from those who benefit from their labor.
White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. on Aug 12, 2017.

The ACLU's Free Speech Stance Should Be About Social Justice, Not 'Timeless' Principles

When the organization first defended Nazis, it did so for practical reasons.
by Laura Weinrib via Los Angeles Times on August 30, 2017
Autoworkers in Janesville's GM plant

Labor Day Used to Be a Grand Celebration in This Storied Factory Town

Then the factory closed and the union crumbled.
by Amy Goldstein via The Nation on August 23, 2017

Coal No Longer Fuels America. But the Legacy — and the Myth — Remain.

Coal country still clings to the industry that was long its chief source of revenue and a way of life.
by Karen Heller via Retropolis on July 9, 2017

Labor History and Passenger Outrage in the U.S. Airline Industry

Passengers angered by how they are treated during flight, may find an unlikely ally in the labor movement.
by Ryan Patrick Murphy via Process: A Blog for American History on June 8, 2017

How Andrew Carnegie's Genius and Blue-Collar Grit Made Pittsburgh the Steel City

A third-generation mill worker pays homage to the controversial industrialist.
by Ken Kobus via Zócalo Public Square on April 7, 2017
Bright apocalyptic explosion over a city.

Is 2016 the Worst Year in History?

Is 2016 worse than 1348? And 1836? And 1919?
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on July 22, 2016
Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, and Senator Charles Curtis.

Donald Trump and the Return of the 1920s

We are again caught between nationalists longing for an imagined past, and activists invoking ideals the nation has not attained.
by Richard Yeselson via The Atlantic on December 30, 2015
Rosie the Riveter "We Can Do It" poster.
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Women at Work: A History

Women in the workplace, from 19th century domestic workers to the Rosies of World War II to the labs of Silicon Valley.
via BackStory on February 6, 2015
Scabby the Rat

The History of Scabby the Rat

The most visible symbol of a labor movement that isn't dead yet, that is willing to fight, not just make backroom deals.
by Sarah Jaffe, Molly Crabapple via Vice on March 7, 2013
Trucks and cars moving on the highway

Keep on Truckin’

The road to right-wing deregulation began on our nation's highways.
by Matthew D. Lassiter via Democracy Journal on December 10, 2008
A picture of a woman at a protest against Islamophobia.

The Most Patriotic Act

A warning from September 2001 about government overreach in the name of national security.
by Eric Foner via The Nation on September 20, 2001

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