Historian Jefferson Cowie tells the following story in his outstanding book on the decline of labor and the transformation of the white working class, Stayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class. In 1979, a reporter asked International Association of Machinists...
Author: Erik Loomis
George Jones was laid to rest yesterday. In his honor, one more great song by the Possum.
When we think of labor, we probably don't really think of the Sherpas, who guide climbers up Mt. Everest and other high Himalayan peaks. But in fact, the climbers often.
On May 3, 1911, Wisconsin created the first workers compensation program, followed almost immediately by Washington and most of the Northwestern states. This was the beginning of a system, albeit quite limited even now, to compensate workers properly when they are injured or killed on...
This is good old school David Brooks-era Weekly Standard: For the last few years, America has experienced a revival in swing dancing. Big bands and young neo-swing “jump and jive”.
The NRA has a new president. He is very special. Jim Porter is an Alabama lawyer. He is also a neo-Confederate Obama-hater who talks about "the war of northern aggression,".
When we think of the Republican Party in its early years, we often think of it as a party of freedom because it opposed slavery. But that's way too simplistic on a number of levels. The Republican Party was rife with internal factions over just...
M.T. Anderson has an excellent essay placing the tragedy in Bangladesh, now with over 400 dead, into its proper historical context Again and again we see the same pattern, which.
I know Cheney jokes are easy, but this is still awesome: “The Cheney Museum offers a firsthand look at the life and work of our nation’s 46th vice president,” said.
Because of the writing I've done on Bangladesh and Texas, I've had a number of media appearances lately. First, I was on the David Shuster show last weekend, with Daniel Marans hosting. The interview is cut into 3 bite-sized clips for your viewing pleasure. And...
This is one way environmental racism works. Cleaning up the Gowanus Canal in New York? A good thing. Taking the nasty stuff from one wealthy white area of Brooklyn and.
Happy 80th to Willie Nelson!! "Hello Walls" is an early classic which Faron Young made a hit long before Willie had his own commercial success. The album from where this.