On this day in 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged into the AFL-CIO. During the 1930s, dissatisfaction over the AFL's conservatism and its unwillingness to organize industrial workers led to the creation of the CIO in 1935 under...
Author: Erik Loomis
Before I retire from teaching, I wonder if I'll be able to teach a course called "Lost Environments," where I tell students about what were once coastal ecosystems that are.
Americans' have shaped narratives to make the Founding Fathers fit any number of political ideologies since at least the 1830s. It is a national passion to build connections between one's.
Natalia Antonova (who in full disclosure is a former editor of mine) on making the decision to default on her student loan debt, even though it will screw her over for life. Essentially, it became a choice between the health of her child and paying...
In a beautifully produced book from University of North Carolina Press, Stanley Riggs and his associates review what they call "The Battle for North Carolina's Coast." By this, they mean.
James Forman, Jr. has a piece up in the forthcoming N.Y.U. Law Review attacking the analogies made between high rates of incarceration and Jim Crow. From the abstract: But despite.
Newt Gingrich is an embrassment to the historical profession. Not only is he corrupt, but his dissertation defended Belgian rule of the Congo, which really sums up the man. He throws historical references around with abandon, but it's entirely unclear whether the gasbag knows what...
Last night, I watched the Lee Atwater documentary, Boogie Man. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it very highly. I always knew Atwater was an awful human being, but.
Today we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Oakland General Strike. The Oakland general strike came out of the massive changes to the Bay Area during World War II. Hundreds.
Newt clarifies his comments from last week that poor students should replace janitors in schools. They shouldn't do all the work. Just jobs like cleaning the bathrooms. And doesn't this make sense? In the new Gilded Age, the poor need to learn to serve their...
Republicans aren't even trying to hide their voter suppression agenda. If it wasn't evil, I'd say it was refreshing that at least they aren't lying anymore.
Scott Walker using prison labor to decorate the Christmas tree (and in this administration, it ain't no holiday tree like here in Rhode Island) in the Wisconsin state capitol building..