This month marks the 150-year anniversary of the Paris Commune, which inspired me to write about the Saint Louis Commune and the Great Upheaval of 1877. “There was a time in the history of France when the poor found themselves oppressed to such an extent that forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and hundreds of […]
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When my son was four, he loved Curious George stories so much that we read them almost nightly. It should be obvious why kids enjoy these stories: George is like a small boy, curious, innocent, naïve and playful. He adores his “daddy,” the man with the yellow hat. He has exciting adventures. Sometimes he has
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The current wave of anti-Asian bigotry and violence is appalling and horrifying. But it is not a new phenomenon in America. Anti-Asian bigotry and violence have occurred since the first Chinese people immigrated to the U.S. in the 1850s. In the following piece, I present a timeline of key events in this sordid history. It
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Haywire Mac composed “The Big Rock Candy Mountains” in 1897. He was fifteen, living on the road after running away to join the circus. But that was just the beginning of his long and amazing life. He was a hobo, a boomer trainman who traveled from town to town in search of the best railroad
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Today in Labor History, March 12, 1904 – Workers completed the first tunnel under the Hudson River, after 30 years of drilling. The tunnel connected Jersey City and Manhattan. Many tragedies occurred during the project. But the worst was in 1880, when the tunnel flooded, killing 20 workers on one day. Today in Labor History, March 12,
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