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Rosie the Riveters Discovered a Wartime California Dream

Following wartime opportunities west, seven million “Rosie the Riveters” found more than just jobs when they reached California.

by Samuel J. Redman via The Conversation on November 29, 2017

It's Against The Law for Employers To Make You Sick. Thank The 'Radium Girls' For That

100 years ago, factory workers fought to hold companies accountable for their radium poisoning.

by David Brancaccio, Katie Long via Marketplace on November 28, 2017

The Massacre That Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades

In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives.

by Calvin Schermerhorn via Smithsonian on November 21, 2017

We’ve Got the ’70s-Style Rage. Now We Need the ’70s-Style Feminist Social Analysis.

Amid all the stories about harassment and abuse, there’s been hardly any discussion about how we got here.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on November 20, 2017

A line of prisoners picking cotton in Huntsville, Texas.

The Oil Boom’s Roots in East Texas Cotton Farming

Oil’s rise was as dependent on the old as much as the new. The industry also benefited from changes in agriculture.

by Scot McFarlane via Texas Monthly on November 1, 2017

Marx in the United States

A conversation with the author of a forthcoming book about the twists and turns of Marx's legacy in America.

by Andrew Hartman, Magnus Møller Ziegler, Tobias Dias via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on October 4, 2017

The Rage of White Folk

How the silent majority became a loud and angry minority.

by Steven Hahn via The Nation on September 27, 2017

Women's Suffrage @100

We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.

by Linda Gordon via Public Books on September 22, 2017

On the 40th Anniversary of Youngstown’s “Black Monday,” an Oral History

On September 18, 1977, Youngstown, Ohio, received a blow that it has never recovered from.

by Vince Guerrieri via Belt Magazine on September 19, 2017

Idylls of the Liberal

The American dreams of Mark Lilla and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

by Asad Haider via Viewpoint Magazine on September 11, 2017

The Story Behind the First-Ever Fact-Checkers

Here's how they were able to do their jobs long before the Internet.

by Merrill Fabry via TIME on August 24, 2017

Autoworkers in Janesville's GM plant

Labor Day Used to Be a Grand Celebration in This Storied Factory Town

Then the factory closed and the union crumbled.

by Amy Goldstein via The Nation on August 23, 2017

Strikers, Scabs, and Sugar Mongers

How immigrant labor struggles shaped the Hawaii we know today.

by Natasha Varner via Jacobin on August 22, 2017

The Umpire Strikes Out: Baseball Music and Labor

The classic baseball hit "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has a lot more to do with U.S. history than one might think.

by Wendi Maloney via Library of Congress on July 31, 2017

Thank the Erie Canal for Spreading People, Ideas and Germs Across America

For the waterway's 200th anniversary, learn about its creation and impact.

by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on July 3, 2017

The New Working Class

Democrats should abandon the specter of the right-wing hard hat, and recognize today's working class for what it really is.

by Gabriel Winant via Dissent on June 27, 2017

The Miss Portland diner.

The Making of the American Diner

Today's diners would surprise a 1940s patron. These restaurants were once vulgar boy’s clubs before becoming today's family-friendly establishments.

by Andrew Hurley, Erin Blakemore via JSTOR Daily on June 17, 2017

Labor History and Passenger Outrage in the U.S. Airline Industry

Passengers angered by how they are treated during flight, may find an unlikely ally in the labor movement.

by Ryan Patrick Murphy via Process: A Blog for American History on June 8, 2017

Coretta Scott King.

Why Coretta Scott King Fought for a Job Guarantee

She saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning.

by David Stein via Boston Review on May 16, 2017

Race and Labor in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots

What sparked one of the deadliest insurrections in American history?

by Shannon Luders-Manuel, Albon P Man Jr. via JSTOR Daily on May 4, 2017

A Dual Emancipation

How black freedom benefited poor whites.

by Keri Leigh Merritt via Black Perspectives on April 15, 2017

Decoder: The Slave Insurance Market

How much did slave owners pay for antebellum-era policies from Aetna, AIG, and New York Life?

by Michael Ralph, William Rankin via Foreign Policy on January 16, 2017

Dam from a distance

The Book of the Dead

In Fayette County, West Virginia, expanding the document of disaster.

by Catherine Venable Moore via Oxford American on December 6, 2016

To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice

What if we use the history of slavery as a standpoint from which to rethink our notion of justice today?

by Walter Johnson via Boston Review on October 19, 2016

Rows of typewriters in front of computers

How Literature Became Word Perfect

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.

by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on May 2, 2016

Trump and the Mob

The budding mogul had a soft spot (but a short memory) for wiseguys.

by Tom Robbins via The Marshall Project on April 27, 2016

Coal-stained house in West Virginia.

When Miners Strike: West Virginia Coal Mining and Labor History

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

by Adena Barnette via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016

The Mine Wars

The desire for dignity runs deep.

by Randall MacLowry via PBS on January 26, 2016

European immigrants in line at Ellis Island.

How Immigrants Fit Into America's Economy, Now and 100 Years Ago

Compared to 19th-century arrivals, today's new arrivals are much more likely to be at the extreme ends of the earnings spectrum.

by Gillian B. White via The Atlantic on January 24, 2016

Drawing of man with caption "MR R.R. Bowie, President of the Mixologist Club"

A History of Black Bartenders

In the late 19th century, Black bartenders gained esteem in the North and South. But their experiences were very different — in ways that may defy assumptions.

by David Wondrich via The Bitter Southerner on January 12, 2016

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