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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 regulation, new laws, more aggressive judges and citizen movements to tame what they see as America’s...

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 unmitigated success for big business. Union memberships plummet wherever these laws exist, weakening the prim...

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 leaders’ allegiance to big business and a reverence for markets and capitalism. But the modicum of r...

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, observes the significance and necessity of the coinciding International Workers’ Day.  Green Part...