personal stories
As Louisiana’s coast erodes, its historic communities are disappearing too
February 24, 2023New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes.
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Minnesota Home care workers lobby Dems for improvements
January 3, 2023Better working conditions mean better care for consumers, they say.
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Labor history tour guide remembers his mail deliverer days
September 13, 2022Retired member of the National Association of Letter Carriers guides German postal workers around Detroit.
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70 years since I left the U.S. Army for East Germany
August 29, 2022Why on that fateful day I took off my army jacket, stepped into and swam across the Danube River.
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The Christmas tree we chose
December 22, 2021Working-class families are often stretched thin by the time the holidays come around and have to make do with what they can. Former PW editor Tim Wheeler shares a story from Christmas Eve 1964.
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