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Good Age: 'The ladies who lunch, an invincible bunch'; let's go meet Frances Perkins
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoQUINCY − In his 1970s song "The Ladies Who Lunch," Stephen Sondheim gives "a toast to that...
Is The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Women's Roman Empire?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis photo shows the aftermath of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. Over the last week...
Labor Secretary Walsh on remote work: Flexibility is key
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMarty Walsh sounds a bit sheepish when recalling his opening days as Secretary of Labor. The pandemic was still underway in March of 2021 but vaccines were just starting to become commonplace ...
Column: Why is this foul-mouthed enemy of Social Security receiving a presidential honor?
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoFormer Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, recipient of an entirely undeserved honor from President Biden....
The Bowery boy behind the New York gun law SCOTUS just eviscerated
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Big Tim" Sullivan's 1911 law was once considered a national model of Progressive Era policymaking. But some just thought the Tammany Hall power broker was up to no good.
Harris is the first female vice president, but women have a long history at the White House
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 months ago"In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make,” Abigail Adams wrote...
The Classic Christmas Movie That Offers a Lesson About Antisemitism in America
Time via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA still of Kris Kringle with children from the film 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town', 1970 Credit -...
The gender pay gap has stayed largely unchanged for 20 years. What will it take to close it?
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStory at a glance Though the gender pay gap has significantly narrowed since the 1980s, progress has...
A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims −...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoVictims' names engraved in a metal overhang, part of the Triangle Shirtwaist Memorial, are reflected...