Several days ago, as I went through my copy of Mother Jones, my interest was caught by a photograph and note about something new to me — the sport of chessboxing. I have long thought chess to be the equivalent…
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones fought to bring a decent life to American workers’ families. In this pursuit she traveled the country, North and South, East and West. In 1903, the United Mine Workers’ (UMW) executive board asked her to check …
The days after the winter solstice, when the once-receding sun has turned and begun its walk back towards the people of the North, have for ages been marked by holidays and rising hopes.1 Now, as we go through the Great…