The history of rubber production is charged with social injustice and rapacity. Rubber companies, including those in Akron, got their raw material from plantations in Vietnam, Sumatra, the Philippines ...

The Akron Stories Project continues to commemorate the history of the rubber industry in the city by recording and sharing stories from some who worked in the industry and from friends and families of ...

January 13 is National Rubber Ducky Day. The colorful toy is a staple in children's bath tubs and is more than a century old. But how did the simple yellow duck become so popular? The earliest ducks ...

Global connections -- Race, migration, and labor -- Women and gender on plantations and in factories -- Demand and everyday consumption -- World wars, nationalism, and imperialism -- Resistance and ...

When Charles Goodyear figured out how to take the smelly sap from some trees and turn it into the rubber of industry, the finished, stretchy product bounced a crazy diverse number of materials out of ...