Slang & Evolving Language

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (212+ words) Ynetnews You may know the words shalom, toda and slicha, but none of that prepares you for the first time a complete stranger calls you achi Relax: you haven't suddenly discovered a long-lost brother Achi — literally “my brotherâ…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (76+ words) Live 5 News VIDEO: ‘The fight continues:’ Labor activists reflect on lessons learned in 1969 Hospital Workers Strike VIDEO: Gamecocks tight end, Cross alum Caden Ramsey arrested VIDEO: SCDNR offers free boat inspections to help South Carolina boaters stay safe VIDEO: Gamecocks…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (503+ words) Given that it's Labor Day weekend, when we're supposed to be sharing warm fuzzies about all the good unions do, it seems like the right time to talk about the labor movement's real-world impact instead of its press releases. Let…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (384+ words) Kathmandu— A new book by sociology professor Kim Scipes analyzes how 1930s labor movements built inclusive, rank-and-file driven unions that could inform modern organizing efforts, as U.S. labor faces persistent challenges in achieving large-scale private sector unionization despite recent NLRB victories…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1161+ words) He didn’t know it then—but the moment Chris Smalls walked out of his job, he was on the path to sparking a revolution. Smalls had spent six years working at JFK8, a massive Amazon fulfillment center in New York City....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (935+ words) Kenneth Craycraft is the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology. He is also the host of the afternoon radio show, Driving Home the Faith on Sacred Heart Radio. His books include…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (178+ words) More than 100 years ago, the socialist leader taught us that working people make the world run—so we can remake the world, too. The following essay is excerpted from the book This is How We Win: A Guide to Building…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (769+ words) Trade union density in Australia sits at an abysmal 13.1 per cent as of 2024, cascading from 51 per cent in 1976. Strikes, once a major feature of Australian society which crippled the engines of capital, are now infrequent and peripheral. How did the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (460+ words) By Jose Mario D. De Vega, Philippine Normal University On Aug. 13, the anniversary of the so‑called mock battle between the Spaniards and the Americans in Manila in 1898 — a day stained in our history, for instead of finally gaining our freedom…...