In 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist clothing factory caused 146 deaths, mostly immigrant girls and women. The New York City disaster eventually galvanized the U.S. l… Read More

This post is part of an article by David Von Drehle in The Washington Post: The challenge when writing history is to break the glass that separates us from the past. To connect somehow… Read More

One hundred and twelve years ago a fire stole 146 lives. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was one of the worst workplace disasters in American history. The fire was also the turning poin… Read More

Delivered every Monday by 10 a.m., Weekly Shift examines the latest news in employment, labor and immigration politics and policy. Oct 11, 2023… Read More

roman ladies clothes :: Article CreatorAncient Roman Mosaic Reveals: Women Wore Bikinis Thousands Of Years AgoMany believe that the bikini is a 20th-century inventio… Read More

As hundreds of thousands of people flock to Manhattan for New York Fashion Week for a chance to see the latest runway looks, creative director Mellány Sánchez’s new… Read More

By Rebecca Ballard Last year the first ever federal fashion bill, The FABRIC Act, was introduced in Congress, and it will be reintroduced this September. However, the intersection between la… Read More

About a week ago, a 30-second clip of a security guard locking the main gates of an office went viral. In the video, the security guard can be heard saying that he was following orders from… Read More

The worst disasters in US history include both natural and human-caused events. Here are some of the worst disasters that have occurred in the US:9/11 terrorist attacks - On September 11, 20… Read More

Before I immigrated to the United States, I lived in Italy with my parents and two sisters, Lucia and Catherine. We had a small shoe store in the countryside of Italy. My parents used to wor… Read More

Spanish actress born and raised in Madrid. Marta fulfilled her dream of living in New York and studying theater, when she graduated from NYU with a double major in Acting and Art History. Si… Read More

New York City during the 1910s was a ball of motion with no signs of slowing down. The city grew and evolved with every passing year. In 1910, the original Pennsylvania Station was launched… Read More

New York is a state Winter StormFriends send me news on winter storm. In New York City, there was little snow. I learn that the total area of New York State is 141,000 KM2. That of New Yo… Read More

Editor’s Note: The CRC staff was deeply saddened to hear that Martin Morse Wooster was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Williamsburg, Virginia, on November 12, 2022. One of the bes… Read More

In March of 1911, the nation was shocked by what would prove to be one of the worst workplace disasters in United States history. The disaster was even more tragic because many of those who… Read More

New York, often called New York City (NYC) to distinguish it from the State of New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 populace of 8,804,190 distributed over 30… Read More

Alfred E. Smith was from the “Sidewalks of New York.” Al: A Brief Run-Up Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) was born to Catholic immigrants in a rough neighborhood on NY&rsq… Read More

As 2021 winds down, our EntertainHR blog approaches its seven-year anniversary next month. Therefore, in homage of what not to do in the workplace (based on examples of from television, film… Read More

Start Quiz Take this which Decade are you quiz to test which one are you? Answer these quick questions to find out. Play it now! The year 1900The Wright brothers’ first flight, H… Read More

Grab your thinking caps, dear Pandas, it’s time to expand our minds! It’s time for another loving rendition of ‘Today I Learned,’ a list of all the cool and interesti… Read More

Urban life was often filled with hazards for the new immigrant, and housing could be one of the greatest dangers. At the turn of the century more than half the population of New York City, a… Read More

The first Monday in September is dedicated to Labor Day, which honors the dedication and sacrifice made by today’s workers, as well as the sacrifices of the workers who came before us… Read More

The Triangle Shirtwaist Garment Factory fire killed 146 workers in New York City in 1911 and sparked protest marches across the country as workers demanded safer working conditions.One of th… Read More

September 2, 2019 Marks the 125th Anniversary of Labor Day  Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic ach… Read More

Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men. With Overlooked, we’re adding the stories of remarkable people whose deaths went unreported in The Time… Read More

Vince Gatton, Molly McAdoo, Alex Grubbs, Greg Steinbruner, and Kelli Simpkins in EST-Sloan’s SPILL, Photo by Gerry Goodstein Leigh Fondakowski’s Spill, running at Ensemble Studio… Read More

We’re surrounded by symbols that we seem to instinctively understand but rarely question where they originally came from. Often, the history of common symbols is more convoluted than w… Read More

        Nearly two weeks ago, an eight-story building that housed over one thousand garment workers collapsed in suburban Dhaka (the capital of Bangladesh). The death tol… Read More