Another day, another story of white coal mining Trump voters shocked that a billionaire con artist won’t protect their health care.
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The New York Times may actually have a narrower range of articles concerning the aftermath of the 2016 election than it does on the op-ed page, as it publishes its approximately 798th article on white
On April 2, 1937, workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey, Pennsylvania sat down on the job. Following the lead of the General Motors workers in Flint, Michigan a few months earlier, t
The official journal of the Trump administration is acting as responsibly as ever. A Jewish family has temporarily left its Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home, citing fear of retribution after coming under fire from conservative news outlets that blamed it for the cancellation of an elementary school production of “A Christmas Carol.” Speaking on condition of […]
On December 19, 1907, the Darr Mine near Smithton, Pennsylvania, caught fire and exploded. 239 people died, many of them children. This was the largest workplace disaster in Pennsylvania history. The
The Transit Workers Union is on strike in Philadelphia. Their contract expired November 1 and the have many legitimate beefs, including over scheduling and health care. Some are worried that this coul
On September 6, 1869, the Avondale Colliery mine near Plymouth, Pennsylvania caught on fire, killing 110 workers. This disaster, one of the first major coal disasters in the United States, led to some of the nation’s first workplace safety laws, but ultimately, many thousands more workers would have to die before the nation took workplace […]
On May 31, 1889, the South Fork dam, on the land of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club above the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, collapsed during a heavy rainstorm. Over 2200 people died in the
Progressives should not be supporting regressive sin taxes because they want to punish people for their behaviors. The mayor of Philadelphia has proposed a soda tax. This is not a good thing. When it
Good news from a Pennsylvania court. A court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday struck down a state law that imposed a lifetime ban from employment on as many as 200,000 people with criminal records in the state. A unanimous seven-judge panel ruled that part of the state’s Older Adult Protective Services Act was unconstitutional because it […]
The steel industry in the United States declined for reasons a bit more complicated than a lot of other industries. It wasn’t so much that steel manufacturers moved overseas so much as the U.S.
I might as well start a travel series here. I am on the road a lot. And I see a lot of weird things. And sometimes I visit weird things intentionally. I am presently in a small Pennsylvania town who&#