Like a vast 19th-century landscape painting of farmers toiling under the sun, with hundreds of details evoking a world of ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

The joys and struggles of the bygone days of the Westside’s Japanese plantation workers are celebrated with a new five-song ...

The story of Les Misérables (the book), written by Victor Hugo and published in 1862, is set in post-revolutionary France, ...

In 1901, the Amsterdam city government started to replace privately owned slums with cooperatively run housing. The project ...

The concept of Labor Day was put forth by the labor movements all across the U.S. in the 19th century. Workers banded together to demand changes in the workplace, as the Industrial Revolution led to ...

Police boats combed the banks of the Potomac River on Friday, slowly scanning the shoreline under rainy skies as investigators sought clues into the midair collision that killed 67 people and ...

The rear yard, with outdoor toilet 5 Valentia Parade, North Circular Road, Dublin 7 Asking price: €250,000 What it is: A 19th-century workers’ cottage in the north inner city of the capital.

Working in railways, mines, and mills caused thousands of deaths in the early 20th century and before. Photos show the ...

Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and tears of miners. Now, designers are taking this “black gold” and ...

She was returning from a short vacation she took from her work as a house help in Mumbai’s Churchgate area. Radha Bhandari, 35, accompanied her mother-in-law, on her first journey to find a job ...

Innovation in Sweden is about more than the vital startup scene, which has garnered much international attention. The country has a long history of innovation. There are several factors that might ...