Eileen Boris on the Construct of the Woman Worker
What is work? Who are workers? Which activities are considered work, and which ones are excluded? These questions are some of the most critical questions in political and economic analysis. […]
Adom Getachew on Anti-colonial Worldmaking
Students in U.S. history surveys come away from their lessons on World War I with one conflict fresh in their minds: How could Woodrow Wilson, a president who advocated segregation […]
Nan Enstad on Multinational Cigarette Corporations and Jim Crow Capitalism
The multinational corporation is a pervasive institution. For example, it’s nearly impossible to listen to this show without interacting with one. But what is the history of this thing we […]
Chris Dietrich on the Energy Crisis and the Anticolonial Elite
When we talk about the 1973 energy crisis, we tend to cast it as a moment when Americans questioned assumptions about how the domestic economy worked and the U.S. role […]
Liz Montegary on the Political Economy of LGBT Families
We’ve just ended pride month and both the victories and limits of GLBT politics were on view. In San Francisco, protesters engaged in civil disobedience action against the growing corporatization […]
Peter Cole on the Power of Dockworkers
We talk a lot about logistics on this show – the industries, like Amazon or FedEx, that have made fortunes managing the movement of goods from one place to another. […]
Bernice Yeung on The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers
The Me Too movement has brought much needed attention to sexual violence and harassment both in and outside the workplace. It has challenged patriarchal norms and practices and illuminated […]
