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The Double Life of New York’s Oyster King

Briona Lamback Atlas Obscura
Thomas Downing’s Oyster House opened in 1825 in the heart of the financial district. Not only did Downing turn oysters into a delicacy, but he was also the first to dish out fine dining.

tv

In the WWE, Wrestlers Say Labor Abuses Are Everywhere

Tim Gill Jacobin
The WWE wrestlers who put their bodies through the ringer on a near-nightly basis lack basic control over their work and lives. Many know they need a union — but the barriers to forming one are steep.

poetry

The Insurrectionists Were Right

Alison Luterman Rattle
Seeking explanations for the rise of the insurrectionist right, California poet Alison Luterman turns the story to what has been stolen from the old America and lost.

books

Sixties Radicals Recall Fighting Times in US Labor

Steve Early Portside
The University of Wisconsin at Madison was a hotbed of student radicalism in the 1960s. and left-wing activists there were among the first of their generation to organize around issues related to their own mis-treatment as workers.
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