Rust Belt Union Blues

As union halls closed and membership numbers dwindled, other networks and community group influences, often propelling more conservative values and messages, have become more central to the daily lives of workers and residents.

2023-10-20T17:29:56-04:00October 16, 2023|

How to Become an American

Excerpted from How to Become an American: A History of Immigration, Assimilation, and Loneliness, by Daniel Wolff, published December 2022 by University of South Carolina Press.

2023-07-29T09:05:05-04:00July 24, 2023|

Organization and Immunity

Hundreds of angry miners crowded around the machine, several attacking it with hammers and axes. Finally, fifteen sticks of dynamite were placed under the motor, and a firing wire and exploders attached. A few minutes later there was a terrific blast and the shovel was reduced to a tangled mass of wreckage.

2023-07-22T09:05:24-04:00July 17, 2023|