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The Powerhouse Mechanic
I just love this photo. It’s a classic from around 1920 from the great Lewis Hine, the photographer who is best known for his photos of children at work in the mines, factories and fields of early...
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Paul Strand
I thought I had mentioned the work of photographer Paul Strand here before but can’t seem to locate it. Strand lived from 1890 until 1976 and was part of the Modernist era of the early 2oth century,...
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Why Labor Day?
Noon hour in the Ewen Breaker, South Pittston, Pennsylvania- Lewis Hines The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold...
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Mad World
Watching the video the other day of the Rose Garden hullabaloo with the faces of the wealthy and predominantly white men all gleefully gloating the mere passage of a House bill that has the potential...
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Why Labor Day?
This essay ran a couple of years ago. It says what I wanted to say say this morning so here it is again: ************************* The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery...
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