A digest of This Day in Labor History July 6, 1892--The Homestead StrikeJuly 12, 1917--The Bisbee DeportationJuly 14, 1877--The Great Railroad StrikeSeptember 9, 1739--The Stono RebellionSeptember 17, 1989--The Pittston StrikeOctober 26, 1676--Bacon's RebellionNovember 5, 1916--The Everett MassacreNovember 9, 1935--Creation of the CIONovember 11, 1919--The Centralia...
Author: Erik Loomis
Who wants to hear William Jennings Bryan give his Cross of Gold speech? Recorded in 1923. Surely not with the power of 1896, but still. Bryan's voice starts at about.
Mitt Romney is having a fundraiser in Hamilton, Montana. Not only is this fundraiser hosted by Charles Schwab, but it is at the home of Marcus Daly, one of Montana's.
Richard Slotkin is one of the nation’s premier historians of violence. Most known for his trilogy on western frontier violence, in recent years Slotkin has turned his attention to the Civil War, writing several popular books, both fiction and non-fiction, that continue his lifelong interest...
On this date in 1892, the People's Party held its first convention in Omaha, Nebraska. Building upon two decades of rural labor's deep dissatisfaction with the Gilded Age, the Populists.
I'm hardly a person who believes that joining the military makes someone a hero. But Joe Walsh (R-IL) goes way, way over the line, not only in attacking his opponent.
I have a piece up at Alternet today comparing the Gilded Age to the present, showing 8 ways that Republicans are trying to recreate the late 19th century, buy elections, exploit labor, limit people of color's ability to vote, etc. Some of these distill issues...
On July 3, 1835, children employed in Paterson, New Jersey's textile mills went on strike, demanding an 11 hour day and 6 day week. The textile factory system that had.
Noted climate Maoist Bill Nye strikes CNN with his clearly partisan interest in "science" and "truth" Science educator Bill Nye on Monday told CNN that they weren’t doing the public.
The destruction of the world's cultural heritage always makes me want to cry.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has reappointed Helen Dragas, architect of the coup that temporarily ousted University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, to the Board of Visitors. As I said before,.
There's no way to know whether the fires ravaging Colorado are caused by global warming per se. Similarly, there's no way to know whether the all-time high temperatures expected to.