Labor Day is almost here, bringing with it one last chance for many Americans to soak up what's left of summer. Observed on the first Monday of September, the federal holiday celebrates the ...

The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Ángel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of ...

Amazon Prime Day will stretch to four days this year — twice as long as in years past — giving shoppers a longer window to shop for deals on the e-commerce site. This is the first time the company has ...

It took more than a century for Chicago’s Haymarket Square to get this memorial to the historic labor strife that occurred there. Jeffrey Sklansky The celebrations aren’t the same. In much of Europe, ...

As the climate crisis becomes ever more serious, each Earth Day that comes along takes on extra significance. Established in 1970 in the US, the annual event—which is celebrating its 55th anniversary ...

May 1 has carried meaning for well over a century, yet in 2026 it feels less like a historical observance and more like a live transmission of modern economic tension. Known globally as International ...

PARIS (AP) — Activists worldwide gathered for May Day rallies and street protests Friday, calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions as many workers grapple with rising energy costs ...