Author: Erik Loomis
On January 1, 1935, the Carl Mackley Houses opened in Philadelphia. Built in conjunction with the Hosiery Workers Union, this project represents one of several attempts during the New Deal.
As I have done for at least the last couple of years, here is my best albums of 2016 list. Of course, I can't listen to everything so take it.
Our esteemed colleague howard (Further research shows it was Patricia and not howard and I thank you very much!) recently purchased for me the first volume of the Library of.
On December 30, 1970, a coal mine exploded on Hurricane Creek, near Hyden, Kentucky. Thirty-eight miners died that day, yet another example of the terrible safety conditions of coal mining,.
It's time to put my humanities hat on for a bit. Obviously there are political scientists and economists who do good work. And we need people studying politics and economics,.
This guy really sums up the modern Republican Party. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office charged Rep. Chris Corley (R) with first-degree domestic violence and pointing and presenting a firearm for.
This is an interesting approach to grotesque CEO pay in the New Gilded Age. In Portland, Oregon, lawmakers aren’t holding their collective breath. In a move that made international headlines,.
In writing about the horrors of child labor internationally, I frequently get people telling me that "these people are poor and all banning child labor does is take income away.