From a Times piece on the growth of food carts selling junk food outside of high schools that have cut out bad food from the school menus: “It’s not going to do much,” said Nathan Estrada, 15, a sophomore, who had a sandwich from home...
Author: Erik Loomis
An exchange on the conservation movement, from the Ladies Home Journal, November 1911: THE REQUEST FROM THE MOTHER: I wonder if you ever realize, you who live and move in.
New Mexico governor Susana Martinez (and someone who I'd recommend as a good Intrade bet for the Republican VP nominee) has made her name for cracking down on illegal immigration,.
We sometimes don't immediately think of the history of slavery as labor history, but of course, it's absolutely fundamental to any understanding of labor history in the American South (and to a lesser extent in the North) both before and after the Civil War. This...
The Longshoremen's strike in Longview, Washington, which I have discussed before, has gone hard-core, with union members "unofficially" deciding to bust up the offending company's property. The company, EGT, violated.
I've generally supported Barack Obama's labor strategies. His appointment of people like Craig Becker to the NLRB have made real changes in working people's lives. Yet Obama has been deafeningly.
The American Film Archives, which have preserved hundreds of rare and nearly lost films, are releasing their 5th DVD set this month, on the West. Covering the years 1898-1938, this set has some absolutely amazing stuff for those interesting in film, the West, and awesome...
I've pondered this question ever since Obama decided to not only undercut the EPA's new smog rules, but to do so in a very public way, clearly intended to make.
I love traveling. Seeing the world might mean more to me than almost any other thing I enjoy--reading, music, film, Oregon football, baseball. Maybe not good beer or bourbon, but.
Nancy Langston's superb new book explores how endrocine-disrupting chemicals, especially synthetic estrogen (DES) have affected human bodies in the decades since World War II. Exposing the deep problems with American regulatory agencies, how cultural conceptions about gender have shaped our response to and use of...
So it seems that Rod Lurie is remaking Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs. I have deep reservations about this. I love Sam Peckinpah. I will defend many of his movies (OK,.
So as all of you have seen from his 100 comments on the matter, Joe from Lowell disagreed with my slamming of Obama for backing off of tightening clean air.