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Florence Moltrop Kelley, born on September 12, 1859, and passing on February 17, 1932, left an indelible mark on American history as a fervent social and political reformer. Her legacy is woven into the fabric of movements for wage abolitionism, the fight against sweatshops, the advocacy for minimum wage laws,

Foreign-born workers displacing Americans is an ongoing and accelerating tragedy that President Biden willfully imposed on citizens. Biden’s malfeasance should provide talking points for White House and congressional candidates that seek to remove office holders who support the status quo.

All job creation in the past four years has gone exclusively to foreign-born workers.

The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics report should be called the original “fake news.”

The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics report should be called the original “fake news.” Each month, the District of Columbia’s anonymous civil servants grind out much-anticipated jobs data that Wall Street and financial journalists latch onto as the nation’s financial health indicators. Market analysts tout the monthly data to reaffirm their existing economic beliefs, be […]

Jeremy Brecher's vivid history of the first mass strike in US history: the great upheaval of 1877 where workers took over the railways and took on police and federal troops.

Mashed potatoes, corn, and ground beef. These aren't the ingredients for shepherd's pie, but for Chinese pie, a traditional and very famous French Canadian dish. In this episode of Last Seen, WBUR's Amanda Beland attempts to solve a culinary mystery and reveal where pâté chinois comes from and how it got that name.

What Is the Bureau of Labor Statistics? What Does It Do? The Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, is a federal agency that collects and disseminates