Brooklyn, Usa

This season, we’re taking an in-depth look at work and the history and future of labor organizing in Brooklyn. To kick off our series, we spoke with Dr. Joshua Freeman, CUNY professor and author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II; Celeste Headlee, NPR journalist and author of Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. • Brooklyn, USA is produced by Emily Boghossian, Shirin Barghi, Charlie Hoxie, Khyriel Palmer, and Mayumi Sato. If you have something to say and want us to share it on the show, here’s how you can send us a message: https://bit.ly/2Z3pfaW• Thank you to Melanie Kruvelis, Ashley Sandberg, and Zakiya Gibbons.• LINKSJoshua B. Freeman is Distinguished Professor of History (Emeritus) at Queens College, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Affairs. His books include Behemoth: A History of The Factory and the Making of the Modern World (Norton); American Empire, 1945-2000: The Rise of a G