Francis Ryan: Memories of the Labor of School Crossing Guards
Beginning with this essay, we initiate a series on essays that are appearing in the journal Labor. This one is the backstory to.
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Jake S. Friedman on The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War and Animation’s Golden Age
Lisa Phillips interviewed Jake S. Friedman, author of The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War and Animation’s Golden Age, published by the Chicago.
- by Lisa Philips
- June 6, 2023
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Rethinking Working-Class Identity in Northwest Timber Country
Steven Beda’s essay, “‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon for the Working Man’: Environmental Conflict and Working-Class Politics in Oregon Timber Country, 1970–Present,” in issue.
- by Steven Beda
- May 30, 2023
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Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Cancelling Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
If you blinked, you might have missed the historical marker dedicated to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn at the site of her childhood home in.
- by Mary Anne Trasciatti
- May 24, 2023
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Big Win for Victims of Racist Restrictive Covenants
On April 23, 2023, the Washington state legislature passed the Covenants Homeownership Act (CHA), pioneering legislation that will provide compensation to victims of.
- by James Gregory
- May 12, 2023
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New American Federation of Labor By the People Crowdsourced Transcription Campaign Launched
A new By the People crowdsourced transcription campaign, “American Federation of Labor Records: Letters in the Progressive Era,” launched in late April. By.
- by Ryan Reft
- May 9, 2023
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Supreme Court Justices who were Enslavers
The United States Supreme Court has served as the ultimate arbiter of legal disputes in the country. Until fairly recently, most Americans have.
- by Nick Arjomand
- April 25, 2023
In Memoriam
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Jane LaTour (1946-2023)
I first met Jane LaTour over forty years ago on a picket line in the northern New Jersey town of Hillside. Jane was.
- by Bob Bussel
- April 24, 2023
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Harold Washington Rainbow Coalition: Perspectives
On March 27, a week ahead of the 2023 Chicago mayoral race, this webinar offered a historical view on multiracial coalitions in Chicago.
- by Lilia Fernandez
- April 19, 2023
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What Would You Like to See in the Journal, Labor?
Register for this zoom event Join Julie Greene, Shennette Garrett-Scott, Jessie Wilkerson, and Vanessa May for a discussion on April 20 at 7.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 18, 2023