In 1970, more than 2,000 blue- and white-collar workers in North Adams engaged in a militant 10-week strike against the Sprague Electric Company. Sprague had dominated employment in the northern ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! In an updated blast from the past, PBS will air a ...

Following will be some shameless PBS promotion, but I say that more as a fan than as a corporate cog. By now, you have probably heard that a new version of The Electric Company has premiered on PBS ...

NPR's been on air for 50 years. And we've been looking back at 1971, our birth year - the news, the music, the TV shows - like this kids show that launched 50 years ago today. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE ...

“HEY YOU GUUYYYS!” Yup, it’s back. A new Electric Company, based on that 1970s PBS hit, premieres Jan. 19. And, yes, Paul the Gorilla is there, and the silhouettes sounding out words and all the ...

On May 4, 1976, a power company based in Texas sent electricity from a substation in Vernon, Texas, to Altus, Okla. By doing so, they were breaking a deal among power companies in Texas to keep ...

In the 1970s, fresh off the moon missions and eager to show the American public that investing in space exploration was still relevant during the lull between the Apollo program and the launch of the ...

Actor Morgan Freeman has played a wide range of characters during his decades-long career. While the Oscar-winning actor is best known for roles in major motion pictures such as "The Shawshank ...

A desire to test battery tech led to a series of space-age electrification experiments. In the 1970s, fresh off the moon missions and eager to show the American public that investing in space ...