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Uber, the “Metropocalypse,” and Economic Inequality in D.C.

Public transit infrastructure in Washington, D.C. is crumbling. Metro and bus services have been cut. Fares have gone up. And, safety remains a.

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Winning Working-Class Voters with State Level Consumer Protection

Donald Trump’s election, made possible in part by his ability to capture the hearts, minds, aspirations, and votes of working-class men and women,.

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The Polk School – Women’s Leadership Development and Labor Extension

In 1988, the Labor Education Program (a labor studies extension school) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Labor and Employment.

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LAWCHA New Book Interviews

Jessica Ziparo on her new book, This Grand Experiment

Our monthly series on new books in labor and working-class history continues with Jessica Ziparo’s new book, This Grand Experiment: When Women Entered the.

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Making America White Again: Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio

Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona, was a major set-back for immigrant and human rights activists who.

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Working-Class Women Unionists on the Front Lines

On November 16, 2017, thousands of construction workers walked off their job sites to march through central Sydney in protest against laws designed.

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#MeToo Solidarity

Sexual harassment is both a labor and gender justice issue. After all, the workplace is the epicenter of women’s recent outrage about sexual.

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LAWCHA People

Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin

Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her new book Gateway to Equality: Black.

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LAWCHA 2017-18 Newsletter Now Available!

Our 2017-2018 newsletter is now available. It is in the mail if you are a LAWCHA member, or if you prefer, you can.

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Social Class and Trump Voters

Politico’s Michael Kruse visited my hometown earlier this month to get a look at “one of the long-forgotten, woebegone spots in the middle.

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