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How the lunch pail became a labor symbol

And is the "lunch-pail Democrat" really a dying breed?

Salon · Jan 16, 2024

How the Iowa caucuses became the first major challenge of US presidential campaigns

The first and most visible test of Republican candidate support in the 2024 presidential election is the Iowa caucuses, which take place on Jan. 15, 2024.

The Conversation · Jan 4, 2024

Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

WEKU · Sep 2, 2023

Alan Knowles obituary

Other lives: Print and broadcast journalist who served his union at local and national level

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

This nuke-crazy general changed history

Think Michael Flynn is weird? Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove"

Salon · Jun 20, 2022

When Nixon meddled in an overseas war

In 1968, Richard Nixon sabotaged U.S. foreign policy to influence a presidential election: The parallel is obvious

Salon · Mar 13, 2022