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Generation Beta beats: the ultimate labor playlist for moms-to-be

LuElla D'Amico and Dixie Dillon Lane   |  January 16, 2025

Labor and delivery needs a soundtrack–here are some suggestions for Gen Beta moms!

The Author’s Corner with Albert J. Churella

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 3, 2025

Albert J. Churella is Professor of History at Kennesaw State University. This interview is based on his new book, The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Long Decline, 1933–1968 (Indiana University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write The Pennsylvania Railroad? AC: Most of […]

The Author’s Corner with Gregg Andrews

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 18, 2024

Gregg Andrews is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State University. This interview is based on his new book, Hard Times in an American Workhouse, 1853–1920 (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Hard Times in an American […]

The Author’s Corner with David M. Emmons

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 29, 2024

David M. Emmons is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Montana. This interview is based on his new book, History’s Erratics: Irish Catholic Dissidents and the Transformation of American Capitalism, 1870-1930 (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Brett Bannor

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 15, 2024

Brett Bannor is the manager of Animal Collections at the Atlanta History Center. This interview is based on his new book, American Sheep: A Cultural History (University of Georgia Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write American Sheep? BB: […]

The Author’s Corner with Peter Kolchin

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 1, 2024

Peter Kolchin is Reed Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Delaware. This interview is based on his new book, Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (Yale University Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Connie Goddard

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 24, 2024

Connie Goddard is a journalist and independent scholar. This interview is based on her new book, Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Learning for Work? CG: […]

The Teamsters will not endorse Kamala Harris. Why?

John Fea   |  September 20, 2024

We learned yesterday that the Teamsters will not endorse any candidate for President. Some of you will remember that Teamster President Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention in July. The union also just released this poll: Over at […]

The Author’s Corner with Daniel J. Clark

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 12, 2024

Daniel J. Clark is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public Humanities at Oakland University. This interview is based on his new book, Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s (University of […]

The Author’s Corner with Andrew E. Busch

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 21, 2024

Andrew E. Busch is Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee. This interview is based on his new book, Ronald Reagan and the Firing […]

Sean O’Brien’s “return to Gompers”

John Fea   |  July 17, 2024

As we have noted here, Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spoke Monday night at the TNC (Trump National Convention) in Milwaukee. We covered that speech here and here. Over at Jacobin, Dustin Guastella, the director […]

The Author’s Corner with Jesse Chanin

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 2, 2024

Jesse Chanin is a postdoctoral fellow at Tulane University’s Coalition for Compassionate Schools. This interview is based on her new book, Building Power, Breaking Power: The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008 (University of North Carolina Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Shaun S. Nichols

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 26, 2024

Shaun S. Nichols is Assistant Professor of History at Boise State University. This interview is based on his new book, Manufacturing Catastrophe: Massachusetts and the Making of Global Capitalism, 1813 to the Present (Oxford University Press, 2024). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Aimee Loiselle

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 28, 2023

Aimee Loiselle is Assistant Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. This interview is based on her new book, Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class (University […]

Tim Scott to autoworkers: “You strike, you’re fired”

John Fea   |  September 22, 2023

Tim Scott is trying to invoke the ghost of Ronald Reagan. But the United Auto Workers are having none of it. Here is Daniel Boguslaw at Intercept: AFTER INVOKING THE legacy of Ronald Reagan to suggest that striking United Auto Workers members should […]

Trump’s pro-Unionism and changes on abortion show an “eagerness to win even at the expense of ideological consistency”

John Fea   |  September 20, 2023

Here is Ross Douthat at The New York Times: In the last week, the man whose judicial appointees overturned Roe v. Wade and whose administration was reliably hostile to unions has condemned the six-week abortion ban signed by DeSantis, promised […]

Joe Biden is amassing an electable resumĂ© “without making a big show of it”

John Fea   |  June 26, 2023

Here is a taste of Michael Tomasky’s New Republic piece “Democrats, Wake the Hell Up!”: Nobody seems to have noticed this, but over the course of the spring, the country’s four leading freight rail carriers agreed to grant the vast majority of […]