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Richard Greenwald is dean and professor of history at Drew University’s Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. A former features writer for the Associated Press, he is currently editing a forthcoming collection titled Labor’s Day, which features essays from the county’s leading labor scholars and public intellectuals. Richard can be reached via e-email at richard@inthesetimes.com.

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Greenwald is the author of The Triangle Fire, the Protocols of Peace and Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era New York (2005), co-editor of Sweatshop USA: The American Sweatshop in Historical and Global Perspective (2003), and is currently writing a book about C. Wright Mills and labor. He is a member of the editorial board for the journal Working USA.

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- 10 Mar 10
Can Freelancers Unite?

by Richard Greenwald Many of us on this blog have been thinking a great deal about the future… more
- Working
- 25 Feb 10
Toyota Wages PR Battle With Workers

By Richard Greenwald Yesterday, Toyota was on Capital Hill trying to both explain its actions and lobby Congress… more
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- 10 Feb 10
Another Hospital Closure in NYC?

By Richard Greenwald On Monday, New York State Governor David Patterson announced that St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan… more
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- 07 Feb 10
What We Miss: Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

By Richard Greenwald When Howard Zinn passed away on January 27, we lost a champion of the progressive… more
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- 19 Jan 10
Will Tuition Devolution for NY State Schools Hurt the Working Class?

By Richard Greenwald Today, New York’s Governor, David Patterson, will reveal his budget for the coming fiscal year.… more
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- 06 Jan 10
The Mall as Poverty Wage Center

By Richard Greenwald Can retail workers organize? Can they get a living wage? These may be philosophical questions,… more