This is the grave of Freddie Gray. Born in 1989 in Baltimore, Gray grew up hard in the streets of that rough city. He was the son of a single mother and he struggled in school. He had some skill as a football player, but...
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Baltimore police prepare to drive back people protest their murder of Freddie Gray, April 28, 2015
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On September 13, 1932, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers led a successful strike of garment workers in Baltimore. This strike was a sign of the growing organizing of the 1930s that would eventually change the world for much of the American working class. The garment industry...
Great piece on workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art organizing. The museum is getting all kinds of good press because they have a exhibit based on the art of.
Our Silicon Valley techbros continue to pay so many dividends, if you are a shareholder at least. Otherwise, they see you as a mark for DISRUPTION!!! I was not aware.
On October 1, 1833, Baltimore seamstresses went on strike. While not a epoch-changing event in American labor history, it is a good moment to get into the everyday drudgery and struggles of urban antebellum white women workers, issues that are a lot more important in...
When I hear the mayor of Baltimore coming out against a $15 minimum wage, I hear "please primary me because I listen more to greedy employers than the city's working.
Flint is not the only American city where governmental failures and mendacity have exposed people to lead. Baltimore has certified houses as lead-free that are not in fact so. When.
Dave Zirin has an excellent essay about reconsidering The Wire in the wake of the police murdering Freddie Gray. And he's right--one thing missing from the show is how the police are actively part of the oppression of the poor and African-Americans in Baltimore and...