Labor Movements & Unions

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (460+ words) While diaries don’t seem like much at the time, they often provide personal and historical accounts that we would otherwise not know about. They give us first-hand information on nitty-gritty details, whether it’s about private thoughts, political plans, or more....

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (188+ words) 2,161 cultural heritage sites and 2,665 cultural institutions in Ukraine had been damaged as of the end of September 2026, according to the Ministry of Culture. During September, the number of damaged cultural heritage sites increased by 26, while the number of affected cultural…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (233+ words) For three centuries, Black Americans built fortified communities to survive. America destroyed every single one. I live about thirty … Fortified Against America: The Rise and Destruction of Black Forts For three centuries, Black Americans built fortified communities to survive. America…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (197+ words) a Before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre leveled thirty-five blocks in eighteen hours, the Greenwood District was the wealthiest Black community in America. Its main street held hotels, theaters, law firms, newspapers, and a hospital — all Black-owned, all built from scratch…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (556+ words) Pennsylvania adopted gradual emancipation in 1780. I knew that and I knew that two of my black ancestral lines lived in Pennsylvania as free people when the U. S. Constitution was signed. I did not know the details of their emancipation or how…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (187+ words) Before the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre leveled thirty-five blocks in eighteen hours, the Greenwood District was the wealthiest Black community in America. Its main street held hotels, theaters, law firms, newspapers, and a hospital — all Black-owned, all built from scratch in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (527+ words) Наша Ніва Instead of anticyclone Arno, anticyclone Borchert will come to Belarus The Scandinavian anticyclone Borchert will determine the weather in Belarus at the beginning of October. It will replace anticyclone Arno, which brought warm and dry weather to the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) by Missouri State Archives On September 27, 1864, a group of Confederate guerrillas led by Bloody Bill Anderson stopped a train in Centralia and executed at least 20 Union soldiers on board. This event is known today as the Centralia Massacre. Following the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (77+ words) What fueled the frenzy that sent so many to their deaths in colonial America? And how did Americans reckon with the aftermath of the panic? --- For more videos from Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/ Digital Editorial Director: Brian Wolly Supervising Producer & Scriptwriter:…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1077+ words) ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR YEARS AGO – FRIDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 1862 We are requested to call the attention of the authorities to a nuisance arising from a drain immediately in front of the Star and Garter Hotel. Whether it is stopped or not,…...