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July 18, 2026

Today in 1944
Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, Calif., killing 322, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. The resulting refusal of 258 African-Americans to return to the dangerous work underpinned the trial and conviction of 50 of the men in what is called the Port Chicago Mutiny.

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The Wake of Labor Journalism
Posted On: Jun 04, 2026
June 4, 2026 | MEDIA | Union support in the United States is at historic highs, yet labor coverage in American newsrooms is shrinking. Over the past four years, record numbers of Teamsters have organized, struck their employers, and negotiated strong contracts. About 70 percent of Americans support unions, and polling shows younger workers are hungry to organize. But you wouldn’t necessarily know this from watching the nightly news or reading most major U.S. newspapers. The space once devoted to labor news has steadily disappeared. For decades, newspapers have cut reporters dedicated to the labor beat… Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
 
 
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