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Featured Blogs
- by Janine Giordano Drake, Cory Haala
- August 4, 2026
Cory Haala’s new book, When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992 (University of Illinois Press, 2026) tells the story of the Midwestern farmer-labor coalitions of the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and their many efforts to steer a new direction for the Democratic Party.
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The official journal for the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Volume 20, Issue 3, September 1, 2023
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Recent
The Forgotten Fight in Little Falls, New York
- by J.N. Cheney
- July 29, 2026
Who Built America? Re-launched as Open Resource
- by Steve Brier
- July 12, 2026
Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series
Public History on the San Francisco Waterfront
- March 30, 2026
Maryland250 Labor History Project
- February 16, 2026
“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania
- November 4, 2025
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
- October 5, 2025
Labor: Studies in Working Class History
The Work of Forgetting
- June 13, 2026
Sex and the Power of Publicity: OCAW in the 1970s
- January 23, 2026
Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section
- January 5, 2026
About
LaborOnline features perspectives on a host of issues, contemporary and historical.
Contribute content
To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu). For the public history series, Marked, Unmarked, Remembered, contact Alex Lichtenstein, lichtens@indiana.edu
Editorial Team for Labor Online
- John Enyeart, Bucknell University
- Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University
- Chad Pearson, University of Texas
- Ian Rocksborough-Smith, University of Fraser Valley
- Randi Storch, SUNY-Cortland
- Laisions: Alexander Dunphy, Emily LaBarbera Twarog, Michael Hillard
Film & video
The Moving Past: Seeing Labor History in Archival Films
- January 30, 2025
Sherwood: The Crimes of Thatcher’s War
- January 12, 2023
Rails, Jails and Trolleys
- November 28, 2022
Authors new book interviews
Cory Haala on his new book, When Democrats Won the Heartland
- August 4, 2026
Colleen O’Neill on her new book, Waging Sovereignty
- June 19, 2026
Book symposia
Nate Holdren responds: Roundtable on Injury Impoverished
- August 14, 2020
Goldfield Roundtable: The Author Replies to Critics
- July 17, 2020
In Memoriam
John Laslett: A Scholarly Remembrance
- December 12, 2025
Remembering Kent Wong, champion of worker rights and education
- October 14, 2025
Nancy Felice Gabin, 1954-2024
- July 5, 2024
Stephen Meyer (1942 – 2020)
- May 14, 2023
LaborOnline features commentary on a host of issues, contemporary and historical. To contribute stories, propose topics, or reach the editor for other reasons, contact Rosemary Feurer (rfeurer@niu.edu).
For information about our prize-winning journal or to contribute, visit LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History.
