# Sharon Block

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The Power Half-Hour Episode #10

Episode #10 of the Power Half-Hour has arrived! The Power Half-Hour is a livestreamed, fast-paced, bi-weekly roundtable with a rotating group of regular guests. Our guests discuss the biggest labor story of the preceding week and the labor story everyone should be talking about over the next two w…

110 How Genealogists Research (Doing History)

History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. Like history, genealogy studies people. It’s a field of study that can tell us who we are in a more exact sense by showing us how our ancestral lines connect from one generation to the next. In this episode of the “Doing History: How H…

092 How to Research History Online (Doing History)

How do historians conduct research online? This is your second-most asked question after how did everyday people live their day-to-day lives in early America. As the “Doing History” series explores how historians work, it offers the perfect opportunity to answer your question. Sharon Block, a Pro…

Legal battles slow rural communities’ efforts to hold back data centers. Also, worker safety in the summer heat.

Rural counties in North Texas have become a hotspot for data center developments. Hundreds of people gathered in Glen Rose last night to talk about how data center development could affect the nearby Dinosaur Valley State Park. And while some North Texas communities have made efforts to stop – or a…

Episode 58: Labor Innovations Bridge Access-to-Justice Gap for Immigrants

Labor movements have had to get creative when it comes to labor justice for immigrant workers. That's where worker centers fill the niche not covered by traditional labor unions. In this Proof Over Precedent episode, HLS Professor Sharon Block, executive director of the Center for Labor and a Just …

"America Unfinished" Edited by Alexandra Natapoff and Guy-Uriel Charles

“A new status quo has taken hold in Washington DC,” writes Jody Freeman, one of the Harvard Law School professors offering up short essays in America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance.  “The federal government is more partisan and less professional than at any time in the modern era,” con…

The Faster Labor Contracts Act: What’s at Stake for Collective Bargaining?

This summer, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bill that would transform how unions and employers negotiate their first agreements. It would impose quick deadlines for negotiations, after which it would send the parties to mediation and eventually binding ar…

110 How Genealogists Research (Doing History)

History tells us who we are and how we came to be who we are. Like history, genealogy studies people. It’s a field of study that can tell us who we are in a more exact sense by showing us how our ancestral lines connect from one generation to the next. In this episode of the “Doing History: How H…

092 How to Research History Online (Doing History)

How do historians conduct research online? This is your second-most asked question after how did everyday people live their day-to-day lives in early America. As the “Doing History” series explores how historians work, it offers the perfect opportunity to answer your question. Sharon Block, a Pro…