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Thanks Irish-Americans!

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 17, 2017

For this St. Patrick's Day, let's thank our Irish-American political leaders such as Mick Mulvaney, Peter King, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Flynn, and of course Paul Ryan for bringing the British policies that starved out millions of Irish in the 1840s to the USA.

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Children and Immigration in the 19th Century

By Erik Loomis

On August 21, 2015

Above: the ancestors of today's anti-immigrant Republicans. As this nation is going through one of its occasional freakouts about immigrants, it's worth looking at how the nation has dealt with.

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This Day in Labor History: June 21, 1877

By Erik Loomis

On June 21, 2013

On June 21, 1877, ten alleged members of the Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society blamed for labor radicalism in the anthracite country of Pennsylvania, were executed. The Molly Maguires.