Great Depression

New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s

June 14, 2023 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Historian Melissa Ford’s research explores Black women’s radical activism during the Great Depression.

‘Man’s Favor Devil’s Plan’ world premiere treats racism in 1930s

November 18, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

Make a deal with the devil, and you’ll always come out on the losing end.

‘No Jim Crow in the IWO’: America’s radical Depression-era mutual aid society

July 1, 2022 By Carson Robb

The International Workers Order displayed the power of working-class mutual aid in its time, and stands as an example still today.

Philip Foner completes his multi-volume U.S. labor history with the Great Depression

March 29, 2022 By Eric A. Gordon

Once again, the distinguished late historian Philip S. Foner takes his readers on an intensive whirlwind study tour of the United States, back in time and across the land. Although in this new Volume 11 of...

Election Day 2020 should have mimicked 1932. What went wrong?

August 13, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

While a broad coalition beat back GOP control in several branches of government last year, progressive majorities don’t match the ones we had in 1932.