This is the grave of Harold Ickes. Born in 1874 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Ickes moved to Chicago for high school and then went on to the University of Chicago, graduating in 1897. He took a job as a newspaper reporter for a few of the...
Author: Erik Loomis
This MGM-produced travel film from 1942 focuses on the ways and life of western North Carolina. It's an interesting view into what might appeal to travelers at a time when.
This supermarket cashier training film from the mid-60s, produced by Reader's Digest for some reason, is an interesting vision into work. I certainly wouldn't say that a checker's job is.
For all the talk about "Real Work," which always means blue-collar factory work of some form or another, done by white men, the actual reality of the American workplace is service work. That's only going to grow. That needs to be our focus in creating...
This is the grave of William Seward. Born in 1801 in Florida, New York, William Seward grew up wealthy. His father was a slaveowner and big landowner in Orange County,.
The Hill is a trash publication, by and large. And this is a week old. But as I was going through the stories I had tagged, I wanted to highlight.
This Prospect story of how the owners of the Cleveland Plain Dealer hate the Newspaper Guild so much that they half killed the paper of one of the nation's most important cities is just infuriating. The Guild was very strong at the Plain Dealer for...
When McSweeney's nails it, they really nail it. This bit titled "We Condemn All Institutional Racism But Our Own" pretty much sums up the actual response of higher education but.
Once again, it's worth noting that Canada has the same issues with racist policing as the United States. He survived Canada’s notoriously abusive schools for Indigenous children and went on.
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) No matter how often Trump tweets LAW AND ORDER, it is totally falling flat. The...
Protesters yell at a line of police officers at State and 35th streets, about 3 miles south of the Loop, where police set up a blockade on Sunday, May 31,.
Lest we think that only the U.S. police engages in grotesque murders of people of color, let's travel a bit north into Canada: The province's police watchdog is investigating the.