How the Haitian refugee crisis led to the indefinite detention of immigrants
President Trump’s recent visit to Southern California to view prototypes for his much-touted border wall drew protests and new pledges by immigrants and.
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The Sweat of Their Face: Exhibition Review, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, through September 3, 2018
I came in through the back entrance. It offered a clue to one strength of The Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers,.
- by Carol Quirke
- June 15, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
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Call for Papers: LAWCHA’s 2019 Conference
The Labor and Working-Class History Association’s 2019 Call for Papers Workers on the Move, Workers’ Movements Duke University, May 30-June 1, 2019 Jacob.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 30, 2018
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New Book Interviews
Christo Aivalis on His New Book, The Constant Liberal
LaborOnline’s no-longer-quite-monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues. Christo Aivalis’s The Constant Liberal: Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian.
- by Jacob Remes
- May 3, 2018
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Scabby the Rat Down Under
Scabby the Rat, a familiar figure on US picket lines, has taken his show on the road. In the past few years, he’s.
- by Ruth Barton
- April 6, 2018
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Know Your Place: A New Generation of Working-Class Voices
A literary festival isn’t the obvious place to discuss class, but a couple of weeks ago I found myself introducing a session at.
- by Tim Strangleman
- March 29, 2018
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OpEd
MLK: To the Promised Land
Michael K. Honey is the author of the new study, To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice,.
- by Michael Honey
- March 20, 2018
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A Tale of Two Futures: The Fate of the Dollar General Economy
Dollar General is everywhere. The most visible manifestation, of course, is the proliferation of their concrete block stores littering the landscape. But it’s.
- by Daniel Graff
- March 19, 2018
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Billy Graham and the Evangelical Origins of Organized Labor
When I heard over breakfast that Billy Graham had died, the news ricocheted around my mind and stirred up lots of memories. The.
- by Ken Estey
- March 13, 2018
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How Might We Teach the History of Labor Journalism?
“The Labor Beat,” the new issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History guest-edited by Max Fraser and me, focuses on labor journalism’s past.
- by Christopher Phelps
- March 13, 2018