Worker-Owned Cooperatives and the Future of Rust Belt Labor
Amid declining union power and attacks on organized labor, some Rust Belt workers are turning to worker-owned cooperatives.
The Most Dangerous People in the Country
In 2018, a West Virginia teacher’s secret Facebook group sparked a "union renaissance” in the tradition of Mother Jones.
The Great Railroad Strike in Pittsburgh
Excerpted from "An Alternative History of Pittsburgh."
Midwestern
"I heard the dreams of a revisionist age, / the once upon a time / of a land strong in industry."
Labor Lessons from the Flint Sit-Down Strike
The strike, which helped guide the UAW to prominence in the twentieth century, provides a blueprint for better working conditions and a revival of the middle class.
Organizing Labor in a Pandemic
COVID-19 put a spotlight on worker vulnerability, but creates challenges for traditional in-person organizing tactics.
Ida Tarbell: Reporting the Oil Region
An excerpt from "Citizen Reporters."
When Socialists Swept Milwaukee
Democratic socialists attending the 2020 Democratic Convention won't be out of place in a city with a long history of socialist governance.
The Art of Labor
A tour of Milwaukee's conflicted Grohmann Museum. From "The Milwaukee Anthology."
Beyond “Trump Country”
An excerpt from 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike.