labor history
May Day 1886: The great upheaval in Chicago
April 30, 2026“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, eight hours for what we will” was the rallying cry, and the bosses hated it.
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‘Gathering Storm: A Story of the Black Belt’ book review
April 20, 2026Myra Page’s classic proletarian novel represents the complex, difficult unevenness between stated values and their partial expression through action.
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Labor leaders at People’s World town hall: May Day’s our day
April 17, 2026“We can't go back to the way it was before, because the system wasn't working for working people then, and it isn't working for us right now, either.”
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Roxanne Brown’s election shows United Steelworkers Union is ready to fight
March 27, 2026The ascendancy of a Black immigrant woman to head the largest industrial union in North America marks a turning point for organized labor.
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The People’s Party: Remembering some of the best of Texas history
March 20, 2026In 1892, the People’s Party had 2,000 chapters in Texas and nearly a dozen newspapers—and it was one of the few political groups of the time to fight for Black equality.
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