My old Sunday School teacher, and 80 years ago
Eighty years ago, thousands of young soldiers stepped onto the beaches of France. Berry Craig remembers one of them.
Berry Craig
Berry Craig is a professor emeritus of history at West KY Community College, and an author of seven books and co-author of two more. (Read the rest on the Contributors page.)
Arlington, KY
Are you mad at Biden?
Here’s a memo to progressives who still say they won’t vote for the guy they slam as “Genocide Joe.”
Views on Trump’s verdict, from across the pond and at home
Two different locations, two different opinions.
The Mercedes-Benz UAW vote: ‘A slip and not a fall’
Even though the vote failed, union folks are not discouraged.
Union-busting, ‘Bama Benz-style
The UAW lost the organizing vote at the Mercedes plant in Alabama. Berry Craig digs into the union-busting by Mercedes management, and what’s next.
More than ever, ‘Union Wages Buy More’
Union members really have only one choice for president this fall – and it isn’t Donald Trump.
What kind of May Day could we have in 2025?
On this Workers’ Day, Berry Craig thinks back to another May Day, and muses what kind of “celebration of workers” we might have if Donald Trump is reelected.
The UAW is breaking GOP brains in Dixie
“They’re truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay, health, and retirement.”
Teamsters Local 89 wins big at Somerset IMI plant
Even while the UAW was celebrating their big win at VW in Chattanooga, they had another win in Kentucky.
‘Timing and momentum are everything’
Will the UAW victory at the Chattanooga VW plant have ripple effects? One Kentucky UAW member thinks so.
Workers Memorial Day is this Sunday
On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration began making workplaces safer. But some are still dangerous. This April 28th, let us “remember the dead, and fight like hell for the living.”
Q: How much would Trump’s mass deportation order cost?
The Know-Nothings have returned with their goal of Make America White Again – except this time, the cost is going to be in the billions.
‘The Best Political Video of 2024 (So Far)’
Democrats in Kentucky’s 1st District are excited about their candidate – and with good reason.
White rural rage
Rural Whites are angry – so they vote Republican. What do they get in return? Almost nothing. And to top it all off, they are angry at the wrong people.
On casting a ‘protest vote’ for RFK Jr.
So you’re thinking of voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr as a way to say “I don’t like either one”? Read on.
