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<p>In the next year’s time, it will likely become clear whether Donald Trump becomes the 8<sup>th</sup> ex-president to try to return to the Oval Office, and whether he follows the trend of failure in such efforts.</p>

<p>In the next year’s time, it will likely become clear whether Donald Trump becomes the 8<sup>th</sup> ex-president to try to return to the Oval Office, and whether he follows the trend of failure in such efforts.</p>

<p>In the next year’s time, it will likely become clear whether Donald Trump becomes the 8<sup>th</sup> ex-president to try to return to the Oval Office, and whether he follows the trend of failure in such efforts.</p>

Today, interest in Jane Addams is keen, and her reputation is in ascent.

Jeremy Brecher's excellent history of the massive but ultimately unsuccessful boycott and strike by the American Railway Union led by Eugene Debs against the tyrannical Pullman Palace Car Company.

Explore the life and times of labor leader and presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs.

two U.S. senators’ books about antitrust law? Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, recently published books with a combined 825 pages about the history of America’s skepticism of large and powerful corporations. I read them both and wouldn’t recommend that other mortals follow my lead. But the books are remarkable if only for what these senators on opposite sides of the political spectrum agree on: They want tougher regula...

These Are the Most Unionized States in America By Ellen Dewitt, Stacker News On 5/6/21 at 8:00 PM EDT NanoStockk/Getty Images Unions spent the first half of the 20th century transforming a massive industrial peasantry into the American middle class. In the second half of the 20th century, big business fought back by pressing for so-called "right-to-work" laws, which dilute the influence of labor unions and their power of collective bargaining. The right-to-work campaign has been an unmitigat...

The Real History of May Day Photo: AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images) For most Americans, closing their laptop or clocking out at the end of an eight-hour shift at a restaurant or construction site is the norm, give or take a half-hour or so for lunch. And as tiring as a day of work can be, it’s easy to forget that over a century ago, people died to afford us the right to an eight-hour workday. Advertisement Much of this country’s radical labor tradition has been erased by our political le...

Green Party of Pennsylvania embraces workers rights on May Day Do you like this post? By Beth Scroggin, chair of the Green Party of Chester County and co-chair of the Green Party of PA. PHILADELPHIA – Happy May Day! Celebrated in various ways throughout hundreds of years, May Day joyfully welcomes the change of season. My inner child looks forward to the May Day celebration at my daughter’s Waldorf School, which includes maypole dancing and a wooden boat race. My activist side, however, o...