There's no question that one lesson from the fertilizer explosion in West, Texas is that we need much harsher fines and criminal statutes against corporations when workers die, as well.
Building off my Chinese Exclusion Act post from the other day, here is a good example of pure, unadulterated anti-Chinese racism, from the New York Times, August 26, 1885. In.
Digby on the endless wrongness of those who project when Medicare will become insolvent.
This collection of cat images used during the suffrage movement is outstanding. Thanks to djw for sending this my way.
Remember the West, Texas factory explosion. It's been 2 weeks and the story has almost completely disappeared from the media while CNN continued its 24-hour coverage of the latest details.
The title for greatest beard in American history goes to one Peter Cooper, 1876 Greenback Party candidate for president. I don't see how the competition for this title even comes.
On May 6, 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act. Although not often seen by the general public as part of our labor history, the Chinese Exclusion.
I recently rewatched Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. I was confirmed in my opinion that this is the greatest American film about work and class. The early scenes in the factory.
