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Is the world of advertising swallowing Russia?
May 17, 2013Moscow seems engulfed by the modern world of advertising; the signs, ads and billboards sometimes remind me of Times Square.
Read moreToday in labor history: Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 2013On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
Read moreToday in labor history: Western Federation of Miners founded
May 15, 2013"The mine owners did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy, all the gold belonged to them!"
Read moreToday in labor history: Labor of thousands completes first transcontinental railroad
May 10, 2013Thanks to an army of thousands of Chinese and Irish immigrants, who laid 2,000 miles of track, the nation's first transcontinental railway line was finished.
Read moreToday in labor history: Big Bill Haywood tried for murder
May 9, 2013On this day in 1907, union organizer Big Bill Haywood went on trial accused of an explosion that resulted in the death of Frank Steunenberg.
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