Donald Trump continues to Make Coal Great Again. Joe Brown worked for more than 30 years as a roof bolter at the Federal #2 Mine in Marion County. Installing roof supports is one of the most hazardous jobs in coal mining, essential to the safety...
Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Stephen A. Douglas. Born in 1813 in Brandon, Vermont, Douglass (the name originally had an extra "s" at the end) was the son of a.
Memorial Day weekend is a good time for some music notes. I had the honor of seeing the amazing pianist Matthew Shipp perform on Friday, at Firehouse 12 in New.
Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace is shown in this Oct. 19, 1964 photo speaking in Glen Burnie, Md. at a rally supporting Republican presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater. (AP Photo) Yeah sure that's a George Wallace quote, but when it comes to schools, it's the...
It's pretty much always wildfire season now, but with Memorial Day weekend here, it's worth reviewing how fire and climate change works together. While forest management and human development have.
This is the grave of the traitor John Archibald Campbell. Born in 1811 near Washington, Georgia, Campbell grew up elite and was very intelligent. He graduated from the University of.
Harvey Weinstein is a reverse Midas: If all had gone according to plan, nearly every time someone were to watch Wind River, a 2017 film about the death of a Northern Arapaho woman on the Wind River Reservation, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center would...
There is no legitimate way to defend the Electoral College in a democratic nation. This is why the conservatives who know they have gamed the system since 1787 instantly move.
Kim Kelly has emerged as one of the smartest journalists working on the labor movement. Here, she's trying to think through the disconnect between the labor movement and the Green.
The United States will never do enough to compensate Vietnam for the horrible crimes it committed against that country. Those crimes didn't suddenly end in 1973 or 1975. Rather, the incredible environmental damage from the defoliation campaigns remains a major problem for Vietnam. That's in...
All "authenticity" actually means is white people feeling like they having a proper experience looking at other people. That this desire for authenticity--whether in food, music, clothing, language, or whatever--gets.
I was happy to be quoted in this excellent and important American Prospect piece on sexual harassment in trucking. Not long after Claudia Lopez began her career in trucking, a.