history
Ten dead, a hundred injured in bloodstained Chicago field
May 25, 2012They were on strike but the strike was just a week old so people were not yet in the direst of straights.
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Labor history: “Bonus Army” starts national movement
May 25, 2012Eighty years ago today, the first "Bonus Marchers" arrived in Washington, D.C.
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The Battle of Toledo
May 23, 2012Today in labor history: On May 23, 1934 workers in Toledo Ohio, overcame police and company strike breaking efforts.
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“(Re)Presenting America”: Are culturally specific museums a good thing?
May 15, 2012Can oppressed groups resurrect their own suppressed histories through a museum? What has been the historical role of race and ethnicity in the development of the natural history museum?
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New book about Alger Hiss revives Cold War mythology
May 9, 2012As Rep. Allen West proved with his channeling of the late Sen. Joe McCarthy recently, the Red Scare echoes endure within American culture.
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