R.I.P. A great man, who had a real impact on history; we need many more of his like than we have. When he said that MLB players were among the most exploited workers in America, he was right -- exploitation isn't just being paid a...
Month: November 2012
Colin points us to this piece on a declining Jewish cemetery in Curacao, threatened by the elements and the gigantic refinery built right next to it. As Colin notes for.
Mitch McConnell opposes filibuster reform with a truly, truly frightening scenario: “If a bare majority can now proceed to any bill it chooses, and once on that bill, the majority.
I am happy to argue that a discussion of Civil War underwear is at least as interesting as a movie about Abraham Lincoln and far more interesting than battlefield tactics. This is especially true when we realize the story of underwear is a story about...
It wasn't labor. But at least the executives believed in shared sacrifice to save the company, right? That overlooks the years of union givebacks and management bad faith. Example: Just.
The Black Friday strike at Wal-Mart was interesting. I'm a bit skeptical that it means a lot, but who knows what will to what. People thought Occupy or the Battle.
The University of Colorado caved to the gun lobby and created gun-friendly dorms. At the present, there are floors that are gun-friendly. A dorm for the armed is opening in 2014. But the school is disturbed that not a single person has actually expressed any...
Well, that went about as badly as you would expect. I'm becoming particularly amused by the "it's a dirty, dirty trick to point out the policies on reproductive and LBGT.
In the summer of 1968, Charles Schulz—born today in 1922—decided not to take the path of least resistance. In the first months of the Presidential race, the politics of Peanuts.
Within American labor history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire is a touchstone moment. That tragedy led directly to a spate of workplace safety laws and building regulations. In the longer term, it helped spur the union movement that changed the lives of the American working class....
The following is a guest post by Jonathan Powell. Dr. Powell is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. His research focuses on conflict processes,.
I haven't seen Lincoln and hence won't comment on it directly for now, but I can say that this Kushner quote that Aaron Bady [via Corey Robin] found is...not encouraging:.