This is a guest post by Western Dave. I want to thank Erik and the other front-pagers for giving me the chance to spread the word about yet another outrage that is occurring and requires action. Like many of us in the current crisis, my...
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On April 12, 1959, unions led by the International Hod Carriers', Building, and Common Laborers' Union of America and with assistance from the United Steelworkers of America and the Operating.
The United States may have dumpster fire leadership. But at least the Navajo Nation has figured out COVID-19. Earlier this year, the Navajo Nation Reservation was a major hot spot.
On August 29, 1933, the National Miners Union shut down mines in Gallup, New Mexico. This labor action, which in many ways pitted Mexican miners against Navajo miners, demonstrates the racial complexity of American labor history and how different cultural practices around politics and work...
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.
On February 14, 1940, a group of Navajos named Scott Preston, Julius Begay, Frank Goldtooth, and Judge Many Children wrote a letter of protest to their congressman, John Murdock of.
Join us Sat., April 2, Winslow, AZ for a vigil @ 3 PM to demand #Justice4Loreal. @apachesk8boards @douglasmilesart pic.twitter.com/8iejsHCnbt— The Red Nation (@The_Red_Nation) March 30, 2016 The Black Lives Matter movement has been great in basically all conceivable ways. But I think there is one...
On October 15, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, finally providing a path forward for some of the Cold War's most exploited workers, Navajo uranium.
The sprawling Navajo Nation that covers northeast Arizona and parts of southeast Utah and northwest New Mexico is a huge chunk of land that is beautiful, unique, and fragile. This.