In 2021, just 10.3 percent of American workers were members of unions, less than half the proportion we had four decades prior. This collapse in union membership didn’t happen in Canada; it occurred in the United States for reasons specific to this country, including unpleasant changes in ...
One hundred forty years ago, the first Labor Day parade almost ended before it began. On Sept. 5, 1882, thousands of union workers, police officers and gawking onlookers gathered at City Hall in lower Manhattan. Everything was in place, the route was set, and the marchers were ready to go, ...
A long time ago, the citizens of New Hampshire chose who they wanted to represent them. The state’s people have always had an appetite for retail politics with handshakes, street walks and questions answered while looking at the candidate’s eyes. Retail politics is still practiced with ...
Today, you and your loved ones might be shopping for back-to-school supplies or gathering for your annual barbeque. While you’re out shopping, consider all the workers in your state that make your day possible -- the clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers, factory workers, and others -- and ...
Ask any parent who has experienced that hectic, stressful and often emotional stage of life known in medical and psychiatric circles as “planning my kid’s wedding” should be grateful they didn’t have to fulfill that obligation in one tiny corner of the world a century ago. For ...
School has started. We’re again enjoying energetic noises floating from Nashua South to our house just a few of blocks away. We haven’t enjoyed what District 12’s Senator has been doing to public schools, though. The Liberty Alliance, which funds the Free State Project, puts Sen. ...
