Maryland250 Labor History Project
The big questions for labor historians interested in public history are: what for? And who for?What for: to help build a real labor.
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Going Public: LABOR’s Newest Section
I am thrilled to announce a new collaboration between LaborOnline and LABOR: Studies in Working Class History called Going Public. As a new.
- by Emily E. LB. Twarog
- January 5, 2026
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Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner
On October 25, 2025 Bernie Sanders received the 60th Eugene V. Debs Award. The Debs Foundation (where I serve as board member along.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- November 1, 2025
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New Book Interviews
Robert Cherny on the Coit Tower Murals
Thanks to Professor Rosemary Feurer and the LaborOnline team for another opportunity to interview Robert W. Cherny, this time about his 2024 book,.
- by Harvey Schwartz, Robert Cherny
- October 5, 2025
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Save Our History: Matewan, Memory, and the State Historical Society of Iowa
I know you’re busy, dear labor history colleagues, so I’m going to put this ask right at the top even though it messes.
- by Nate Holdren
- September 15, 2025
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Fayetteville Remembers Enslaved Laborer Who Ensured Canada Remained a Safe Refuge
Over the last two years, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, working with the University of Arkansas Humanities Center, has erected a historical marker,.
- by Michael Pierce
- July 23, 2025
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Springfield, Illinois Marker Honors Black Union Activist
On June 17, 2025, an official Illinois historical marker that highlights the experiences and activism of Black coal miners in Illinois was dedicated.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- June 26, 2025
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Media and Memory The Battle of Blair Mountain
“Logan County Bristles with Machine Guns… Gaunt Hollow-eyed Men hold Ridges…Every Path is Guarded.” On September 1st, 1921, Washington Times announced that headline.
- by LAWCHA Board of Directors
- November 10, 2023
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Mill Mother’s Lament: Keeping Ella May Wiggins’ Legacy Alive
Karen Sieber tells us of the effort to honor the memory of slain union organizer Ella May Wiggins and the struggle for power.
- by Karen Sieber
- April 1, 2022
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New Book Interviews
East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte: Interview with author and editors
A People’s History of Life and Labor in the San Gabriel Valley: An Interview with authors and editors of East of East: The.
- by Nick Juravich
- September 17, 2020