May your Saturday night be like Harold Lloyd standing on his head, risking his life for a stunt.
Author: Erik Loomis
Not that you needed another reason to oppose Lawrence Summers' potential appointment to Chairman of the Federal Reserve, but Lanny Davis endorsing Summers gives you one anyway.
On August 3, 1913, the Wheatland Riot took place in California, leading to four deaths, including two workers and two law enforcement agents. A burst of violence caused by the.
Since the hippie post has so many people up in arms (and I'd like to mention that myself and an occasional LGM commenter and unionist who shall remain anonymous managed to have a lovely Eugene evening while avoiding all hippies, a real accomplishment), here's a...
Hamiton Nolan continues his excellent labor reporting at Gawker by following up his Wal-Mart stories piece with Amazon stories, collecting stories of what it is like to work at the.
I love Eugene, in spite of it being America's top city for hippies. That's a big "in spite of" though and it's probably easier to deal with now that I.
The great Texas writer John Graves has passed. Goodbye to a River, about a float trip down the Brazos before it was dammed, is a truly wonderful book.
Once again, we see illegal marijuana farmers in California causing a huge toll on the local ecology, including the death of threatened species. The only way to deal with this.
So I had my evening in San Francisco tonight (thanks for the suggestions by the way, had a good time in the Mission! Even got some authentic San Francisco prices.
The new Oregon football facility. I think we will all agree that it is reasonable, at least for a team as awesome as the Ducks.
On August 1, 1917, Frank Little, a veteran IWW organizer, was dragged out of his hotel in Butte, Montana by company thugs and lynched. His murder, one of the most.
Black lung is returning with force to the miners of Appalachia. Coal companies have fought against meaningful reforms (or even recognizing it exists) for over a century, and longer if.