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 of Seattle was world-changing and, well, where did all of that go? Meanwhile, the referendum...
Author: Erik Loomis
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.
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,.
You may have seen this study that came out a week or so ago showing that American adults consume almost as many "empty calories" through alcohol as through soda. In a world of "facts," this study might be "correct." Yet, this is outrageous on two...
I found this Douglas Blackmon piece at the Post interesting for a couple of reasons. Exploring changing demographics in the South, he notes that Republicans have far from safe majorities.
I'm going to assume anyone who actually shops today is someone I don't want to know. But in any case, you should be following the Black Friday Wal-Mart strikes, the.
Lynn Parramore's piece exposing Abraham Lincoln's history as a railroad lawyer has some demythologizing value, but it would be a lot more useful if it placed Lincoln's railroad history within the larger context of the early Republican Party. Thinking of Lincoln as a corrupt Gilded...
On November 22, 1887, a group of white vigilantes crushed a Knights of Labor led strike of black sugar workers in the fields around Thibodaux, Louisiana. Fighting back against largest.
Seth Ackerman has a really strong article at Jacobin on the Hostess shut-down. Much of it has great value for showing just how rare it is for companies to ask.
Creepy unskewed polls guy is back with the real reason Obama won--voter fraud! [SL]: See also Weigel.
Got to give CNN a little credit. Their reporters are actually challenging power for once. First you have Anderson Cooper providing quality reporting from Gaza, along with engaging in some.
One of thousands of deaths on the job in the Pacific Northwest timber industry over the years. From West Coast and Puget Sound Lumberman June 1903. A horrible accident occurred.