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.
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.
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.
Labor, Solidarity, and Nursing
Soon, nurses saw the gulf widen between their values and those of an increasingly commodified healthcare system.
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.
Jim Jordan’s Gerrymandered District
In the Ohio 4th, as in gerrymandered districts all over the country, democracy is at stake.
Did Art Walks Cause Trumpism?
(Or, let's stop with the economic anxiety.)
“On Strike for Better Schools”
Photos from the Chicago Teachers Union strike.
The Moral Power of Rust Belt Labor
As recent strikes by unions across the region demonstrate, collective action remains as vital as ever.