history
In its 50th year, Canada’s single-payer Medicare system under attack
January 18, 2017The opponents of Medicare have never given up their fight.
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This week in history: President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the nation
January 17, 2017Eisenhower’s record in retrospect has earned a warm, nostalgic glow that is not wholly undeserved.
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The racist, anti-Semitic origins of right-to-work
January 13, 2017It is worth remembering that so-called Right-to-Work laws originated as means to maintain Jim Crow labor relations.
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This week in history: Julian Bond is seated in the Georgia legislature
January 10, 2017When he retired from the Georgia Senate, he had been elected to office more times than any other black Georgian.
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This week in history: Remembering protest singer Phil Ochs
December 19, 2016Phil Ochs was a profound singer/songwriter in the period that bridged the Civil Rights, antiwar and feminist movements.
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