Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.

Mike Davis, Prisoners of the American Dream!
Joe McCartin, Collision Course!

“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania | LAWCHA I am a historian who studied with David Montgomery at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a tumultuous time in labor and working-class history.

Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!

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What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months.
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Emergencies beget more emergencies.

You're pretty darn close!

The Untold Story of John Henry and His Lasting Legacy on Labor The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Scott Nelson, University of Georgia, joined us on today’s show.

Scott Reynolds Nelson joined a special Hallowe'en episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the legend of the steel drivin' man John Henry and his lasting legacy.
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The Specter of War in Labor History | LAWCHA The new issue of of Labor is now available. The entire Up For Debate forum section of the issue will be available for free until January 26, 2026. The

Current events not scary enough this Halloween?

Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...

It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/

New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇

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So excited for this!!

Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history?

Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...

Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration

And what a cover to judge! It’s awesome!

You can judge this issue @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social by the cover!

Don't miss @justinfdjackson.bsky.social's important essay on the connections between labor history and military history, with responses from John Hall, Reena Goldthree and @tejnagaraja.bsky.social @lawcha.bsky.social

***Fall Online Book Event***

Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.

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The cover is fantastic!!!

The new issue of LABOR is here, and it’s hot!

Checkout the latest issue of Labor

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With a forum on class & war, labor & military — with @justinfdjackson.bsky.social, Reena Goldthree, John Hall, @tejnagaraja.bsky.social

Thanks to @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, William P. Jones, @greeneland.bsky.social

The End of Asylum | Mae Ngai The second Trump administration has undone the division between political and economic migrants. Did it make sense to separate them to begin with?

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Important reading.

America in Korea: a failed occupation? Professor Kornel Chang revisits the three-year US occupation of the southern half of Korea that followed the Second World War, to see if opportunities were missed to prevent the bloodshed and division...

Kornel Chang joined the HistoryExtra Podcast to discuss his recent publication, A Fractured Liberation: Korea under US Occupation. Check out the interview via the link below.
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Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...

American Historical Association Annual Meeting 2026 January 8-11, 2026

The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️

Don't miss LABOR's Big Book Forum this Friday featuring Rudi Batzell and a panel of expert discussants. Register via the link below.

Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?

Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)

The first review of Unmentionables appears in the new issue of Mashriq & Mahjar, with many thank yous to Emily Pope-Obeda for your time and generous engagement with my work!
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At 7 PM tonight, I will be talking at Water Street Books in Exeter, NH. So excited to share my research! 🗃️
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Rockefeller became the first billionaire over a century ago. Here's what to know about America's wealthiest today. Newspapers announced John D. Rockefeller as the first U.S. billionaire 109 years ago. Today there are more than 900 American billionaires.

Talking about billionaires in the 1910s and today ... on @cbsnews.com @shgape.bsky.social @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefe...

David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White | LAWCHA In his new memoir, An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education (2025), David Roediger provides a moving account of his lifetime of scholarship and

David Roediger sat down to discuss his new memoir, "An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education", available at LaborOnline.
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The Work of Empire In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, its sold...

"An insightful and engaging look at the nature of colonial occupation and the ways in which the U.S. experience was one of negotiation and contestation...U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq [make] The Work of Empire...highly relevant." Journal of Military History

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