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Remembering the 1886 Wisconsin Tragedy Where 7 Workers Were Killed

Harvey J. Kaye By Harvey J. Kaye Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay On May 5, 1886, thousands of Milwaukee workers marched peacefully on the huge...

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GOP Forcibly Making Working Families Flexible

A century ago, workers were a lot more “flexible” than they are now. Veritable Gumbies in the mills and mines and factories they were, distorting their lives to slog 10 or 12 hours a day, six – even...

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