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Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner

On October 25, 2025 Bernie Sanders received the 60th Eugene V. Debs Award. The Debs Foundation (where I serve as board member along.

by Rosemary Feurer
November 1, 2025

LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series New Book Interviews

Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals

Thanks to Professor Rosemary Feurer and the LaborOnline team for another opportunity to interview Robert W. Cherny, this time about his 2024 book,.

by Harvey Schwartz, Robert Cherny
October 5, 2025

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Save Our History: Matewan, Memory, and the State Historical Society of Iowa

I know you’re busy, dear labor history colleagues, so I’m going to put this ask right at the top even though it messes.

by Nate Holdren
September 15, 2025

LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Fayetteville Remembers Enslaved Laborer Who Ensured Canada Remained a Safe Refuge

Over the last two years, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, working with the University of Arkansas Humanities Center, has erected a historical marker,.

by Michael Pierce
July 23, 2025

LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist

On June 17, 2025, an official Illinois historical marker that highlights the experiences and activism of Black coal miners in Illinois was dedicated.

by Rosemary Feurer
June 26, 2025

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Media and Memory The Battle of Blair Mountain

“Logan County Bristles with Machine Guns… Gaunt Hollow-eyed Men hold Ridges…Every Path is Guarded.” On September 1st, 1921, Washington Times announced that headline.