When we think of labor, we probably don't really think of the Sherpas, who guide climbers up Mt. Everest and other high Himalayan peaks. But in fact, the climbers often treat the Sherpas like beasts of burden. It is very dangerous work and Sherpa deaths...
Author: Erik Loomis
On May 3, 1911, Wisconsin created the first workers compensation program, followed almost immediately by Washington and most of the Northwestern states. This was the beginning of a system, albeit.
This is good old school David Brooks-era Weekly Standard: For the last few years, America has experienced a revival in swing dancing. Big bands and young neo-swing “jump and jive”.
The NRA has a new president. He is very special. Jim Porter is an Alabama lawyer. He is also a neo-Confederate Obama-hater who talks about "the war of northern aggression," describes the NRA as "warriors for freedom," and makes references to squealing pigs. At least...
When we think of the Republican Party in its early years, we often think of it as a party of freedom because it opposed slavery. But that's way too simplistic.
M.T. Anderson has an excellent essay placing the tragedy in Bangladesh, now with over 400 dead, into its proper historical context Again and again we see the same pattern, which.
I know Cheney jokes are easy, but this is still awesome: “The Cheney Museum offers a firsthand look at the life and work of our nation’s 46th vice president,” said head curator Jonathan Luddom, a 7-foot-tall blind cavern dweller with third-degree burns on his face...
Because of the writing I've done on Bangladesh and Texas, I've had a number of media appearances lately. First, I was on the David Shuster show last weekend, with Daniel.
This is one way environmental racism works. Cleaning up the Gowanus Canal in New York? A good thing. Taking the nasty stuff from one wealthy white area of Brooklyn and.
Happy 80th to Willie Nelson!! "Hello Walls" is an early classic which Faron Young made a hit long before Willie had his own commercial success. The album from where this comes And Then I Wrote is a good example of the singles vs. albums format...
I don't usually link to crazy right-wing stuff, but watching Twitchy try to pivot from Jason Collins coming out as gay to Obama's actions around Benghazi is a beautiful example.
If anyone is interested, I am participating in a panel at HuffPo Live at 9:30 on workplace safety. In part at least, it will deal with the piece I wrote.