Life in the pandemic is not easy for anyone. What is the proper behavior? What is out of bounds? We know that assholes going out to lunch at a crowded Colorado restaurant to own the libs is very bad. But what about the park? For...
Author: Erik Loomis
The Spanish were able to conquer the Mexica (Aztecs) due to the smallpox wiping out Tenochtitlan between 1519-21. But in the writings that survived the Spanish conquest, there were guides.
The horrifying death rates of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation have finally gotten the nation's attention. Native Americans are effectively forgotten about by the nation--even on the left--outside of very.
Whether Democratic Socialists of America's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate is important enough to merit a New York Times op-ed is an open question. I'd probably say not. In fact, one can make an argument that DSA doesn't need per se to do...
I've been talking to quite a few reporters about organizing in the Depression, a story that has gotten a lot more interest as we enter into our own version of.
This is the grave of John Hartford. Born in New York City in 1937, John Harford grew up in St. Louis. From the time he was a child, he was.
Sad! I’m hearing on good authority that #coronavirus is more rampant in the #WhiteHouse than the public is being told. A very high-ranking individual may have also been impacted! The administration is currently mum on the matter, seeking prayers instead. #COVID19 — AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) May...
I am not a historian of medicine. But as an environmental historian, I'm familiar enough with this cousin of my field to know the stories they tell well enough. And.
I'm glad someone in the media is paying attention to the impact of COVID-19 and the decline of the global economy on the tenuous status of unionized garment workers in.
Typical. And disgusting. From New Orleans. Sanitation workers aren't used to being on the back of pickup trucks.But that's where some were Friday after they say they were fired for making four demands.“We need them to provide us with the proper PPE -- to all...
There are two huge names in the music world who died this week. But I want to focus on a third: Wussy's guitarist John Erhardt. This is a devastating loss.
On May 9, 1909, Japanese sugar workers in Hawaii walked off the job in the first major strike action among these workers. It was far from the last and it.