The U.S. military's use of film during World War II was remarkable. The bravery of the cameramen, risking and often losing their lives, in taking this footage is amazing. Of course, it took good direction to turn unbelievable footage into a good film. In The...
Author: Erik Loomis
Columbia University named the 2014 winners for the Bancroft Prize today, which is the most prestigious prize in the field of U.S. history. This year's winners are both close to.
The American Federation of Government Employees released an interesting press release today: The American Federation of Government Employees today expressed its profound disappointment regarding a plea deal that will allow.
I look forward to Republicans discovering the interstates are a socialist program and thus Interstate 5 Brought to You by Microsoft can be a pothole-ridden road that would make no nation proud: "Socialism, defined on Wikipedia, 'is a social and economic system characterized by social...
For some of these women, this will probably be the most lucrative work their Ph.D. will ever get them.
In comments last night, dollared said this about the decline of unionized meatpacking: Allowing free immigration and mass union busting by illegal aliens. Never, ever, ever should have happened. 800,000-1M.
Some of our more third party oriented commenters like to say that Obama has done nothing for workers. Well.... President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront...
I am no expert on psychiatry. I do however have a great interest in American visions of the Soviet Union. Albert Maysles' 1955 film "Psychiatry in Russia" is a pretty.
I wouldn't exactly call myself a fan of spoken word performance art. I am however a fan of grassroots protests against Rahm Emanuel and his policies of making the poor.
I suppose tonight's all-nighter pulled by Senate Democrats on climate change is a good thing but it also shows the limits of political theater because really, who cares. Which is a good argument as well against spoken filibusters. Everyone just waits for them to be...
Lydia DePillis has a typically great story on conditions within the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Nissan now subcontracts a majority of its employees. Those employees make half as much.
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