On August 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at Love Canal, New York, in response to the discovery of massive amounts of toxins underneath a school and.
So I'm at the Fighting Inequality conference in DC, which is mostly a labor history conference. I see a paper by a young scholar you many know named Steven Attewell.
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Because of course you want to watch tourist films from 1976 promoting Bombay, now Mumbai. Need to get that song on itunes. Via
On March 5, 1972, the workers at General Motors' plant in Lordstown, Ohio went on strike after authorizing it two days prior. They were angry about sped-up work at their.
Jesse Jackson on Sesame Street, 1971. I especially like the line affirming those on welfare. Which I wish was still a relatively robust program, hey thanks Bill Clinton for making.
On this date in 1970, the United Farm Workers achieved its greatest victory, ending its five-year grape boycott after growers agreed to a contract, the first in the history of.
Wow. H/t Amanda Marcotte
