Tomorrow is my birthday (51, wtf?) and every year around now, I spend like a month or so watching a bunch of my favorite movies. I really need it right now. So I started with Bonnie & Clyde, which I hadn't seen in a few...
Author: Erik Loomis
I do. And McSweeney's sure provided me one with "How We Restored Our New York City Loft to an Authentic Nineteenth-Century Sweatshop." This is gold: From the moment my husband.
Sean O'Brien must be so excited today! Donald Trump is forcing out top leaders of the US labor board, ushering in a swift reboot of workplace law enforcement while testing the limits.
Donald Trump's stupidity helps one nation and one nation only: China. One thing I noticed in Mexico in my recently completed two months there was the sheer number of Chinese cars that have shown up on the market. The Chinese build cars that fit what...
Mt. Rushmore is the greatest abomination in this nation. I've been there a few times and it is always the weirdest experience in this country. The last time I was.
This is the grave of Don Adams. Born in 1923 in Manhattan, Donald Yarmy grew up in a Jewish-Catholic mixed household that had an interesting strategy for dealing with religions.
I took a bit of crap from commenters for noting that Mitch McConnell hates Donald Trump so much that he would vote against some of Trump's worst nominees. Of course, I was correct and those commenters were wrong when Mitch provided the third Republican vote...
This is the subtle and understated grave of Huey Long. Born in 1893 in Winnfield, Louisiana, Long grew up poor. He supported himself as a traveling salesman. But he was.
This is the grave of Edward Braddock. Born in 1695 in London, Braddock grew up in the British military world. His father, of the same name, was a major general.
On January 25, 1960 Mitsui Miike coal mine lockout in Japan began, the single biggest labor dispute in the history of Japan. This was also a core battle to see if the left could play a major role in postwar Japan. The forces of order...
This is the grave of Steve Brodie. Born in 1869 in Warrenton, Virginia, Brodie mostly grew up in Roanoke. His father was an actor when he could get a work,.
On January 23, 1922, the United Textile Workers led between 70,000 and 85,000 workers out on strike, protesting the continued exploitative reality of work in the apparel factories. This was.