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 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.
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..
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..
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.
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.
On October 27, 1948, an air inversion trapped the pollution spewed out by U.S. Steel-owned factories in Donora, Pennsylvania. The Donora Fog killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others. This.
One story I was unable to talk about after my computer theft earlier this month was the Philadelphia School Reform Commission cancelling the contract with the city's teachers unilaterally. It.
