Baltimore Worker-Owners Sell Their Plant
John Morant, a 27-year employee, says, “I liked the pace of work and the camaraderie.” USW (Photo/Steve Dietz) There’s a
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This Old Anvil
Elise Bryant: Labor’s Sister of Hope
Artwork by Mike Konopacki “Next time someone asks you about the labor movement rather than explaining it, introduce them to Elise
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Reflections on the 116th Congress
Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user Alvin Feng. When I was 12 years old, I traveled
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Western Marylanders March for gun sanity
Can you hear the prayer of the children? On bended knee, in the shadow of an unknown room Empty eyes
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West Virginia Teachers: ‘Our strike is opening eyes’
BRUCETON MILLS, W. VA — On March 5, my wife, a retired teacher, and I waited until the temps hit
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DNA and ‘Shitholes’
Can we ever quantify how many narratives and images or how much pain President Trump provoked when he asked why
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Former steelworkers divided over NFL protests
Illustration by Mike Konopacki Since President Trump called protesting NFL players “sons of bitches,” who should be fired on September
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Baltimore’s ‘History Songwriter’ Joe Defilippo honors changemakers
Bill Pratt, Leslie Darr, Joe DeFilippo, Bill Phelan, Sue Tice Joe Defilippo might be Baltimore’s best history songwriter. For decades,
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Hundreds honor Bowie State student Richard Collins III
Bowie State University’s auditorium filled quickly on Monday for an evening memorial service to honor Richard Collins III, a senior and
Read morePreakness: Hilltop’s ‘Hoof Man’
A Dartmouth green awning shrouded the Preakness horses inside the stakes barn at Pimlico. Only their nameplates were fully visible.
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