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LAWCHA

Poor Whites and the Labor Crisis in the Slave South

While studies on southern slaveholders, yeomen, and even the enslaved abound, relatively little has been written about the Deep South’s white working-class. My.

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LAWCHA

LAWCHA In Seattle: 2017 Conference Recap

The Scales of Struggle conference featured the largest program of any LAWCHA conference to date features nearly 100 panels, workshops, films, and performances,.

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LAWCHA

Mass Incarceration and the Working Class – LAWCHA Conference 2017

At the 2017 LAWCHA Conference in Seattle, a world-class panel of experts discussed the affects of mass incarceration on the working class. Featured.

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LAWCHA

Women Hold the Keys to New Working-Class Prosperity

America rediscovered its working class during the 2016 election, and many Democrats and progressives now call for fresh policies to address the nation’s.

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LAWCHA

Fear of Hygge and Working-Class Social Capital

One of the contenders for the Oxford Dictionaries’ “word of the year” in 2016 is the Danish word hygge (pronounced hoo-guh). As defined.

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LAWCHA

Congratulations to our 2017 Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2017 prize and award winners, announced formally at the 2017 Annual LAWCHA Conference in Seattle, Washington. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is.

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LAWCHA

Nancy MacLean on Democracy Now

Amy Goodman spoke with Duke University historian and former LAWCHA president Nancy MacLean, author of the new book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep.

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Labor History

Labor Mobilizations and Movements: The 2017 Midwest Labor and Working-Class History Colloquium

The Midwest Labor and Working-Class History (MLWCH) colloquium met at the University of Memphis on June 2nd, 2017.  The one-day event included academic.

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Labor History LaborOnline

Black Education, Racism, and Class: Reflections from a Charter High School Graduation

This May I attended the commencement ceremony for a young cousin who was one of 117 graduates from an overwhelmingly black charter high.

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LAWCHA

Have We Been Had? Why Talking About the Working-Class Vote for Trump Hurts Us

Like many of my friends and colleagues who study class and are worried about the increasing economic inequality of this country, I was.

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