The University of Illinois Working Class in American History Series at 40
In the next two weeks, we’ll be publishing a series of commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working.
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Class Prejudice and the Democrats’ Blue Wave?
Two days after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post published an analysis under the headline “These wealthy neighborhoods delivered Democrats the House majority.” Jack Metzgar
- by Jack Metzgar
- November 30, 2018
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Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS
In recent weeks, President Trump has been warning of an “invasion” of a caravan of 3,000 Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, heading north.
- by Juan L. Belman Guerrero
- November 29, 2018
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Labor and the Digital Landscape: An Update
When “Connecting the Dots: Labor and the Digital Landscape” went to press at LABOR (15:3), the wave of union organizing and activism in the media.
- by Richard Wells
- November 9, 2018
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What Does the New Doctor Who Offer Working-Class Whovians?
The new season of British Sci-Fi show, Doctor Who has created a buzz due to the casting of a woman to play the Doctor for the first.
- by Sarah Attfield
- October 18, 2018
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Working-Class Politics and The Foremen Problem
In a recent unpublished paper, Larry Bartels (author of Unequal Democracy) and Kathrine Cramer (author of The Politics of Resentment), reported a finding sure to surprise many who.
- by Allison L. Hurst
- October 8, 2018
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Is the Fever Breaking? Ground Zero Youngstown
Two years ago, I described the Youngstown area as “crossover ground zero” for Donald Trump and the politics of resentment in working-class and.
- by John Russo
- October 8, 2018
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#MeToo and McDonald’s
It’s been a long time since a strike in the US directly targeted sexual harassment. But on Tuesday, women workers took direct action.
- by Annelise Orleck
- September 25, 2018
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Labor ends all business relations with FedEx
In recent months we have taken action to end the shipping of print copies of Labor by FedEx in any capacity. Leon Fink
- by Leon Fink
- September 17, 2018
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Middle-Class Influence vs. Working-Class Character
“Jesse” is one of a cohort of 80 students sociologist Jessica Calarco observed from the 3rd through the 5th grades and then revisited in middle.
- by Jack Metzgar
- September 17, 2018