Tag: Pennsylvania
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

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 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

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
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,180
- Sore loser parents try to mobilize Republican genital inspection commissions
- LGM Film Club, Part 279: Kenmare Fair, 1967
- Republicans perform triage on their shitty Senate candidates
- Inventing libs to be mad at
- People really hate Dobbs
- Republican signal. Republican noise.
- “Towards the rotating knives”
- Zaporizhzhia Again
- A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place