history
Setting the record straight about socialism
March 29, 2016In every age, scientific reasoning takes a beating from entrenched prejudices, fears, and hatreds.
Read moreCherokee war chief led armed struggle against white settlers 235 years ago
March 28, 2016Native Americans and others from throughout the state commemorated the life of the great Cherokee war chief, Dragging Canoe, with a celebration.
Read moreThis week in women’s history: Poet-novelist-activist Marge Piercy turns 80
March 28, 2016Piercy has written 17 novels, including bestsellers, and 19 volumes of poetry.
Read moreAfrican American history event recalls even King had doubts at times
March 25, 2016"Struggle, it never stops. It moves on. We make progress but we have to keep on fighting."
Read more“The Americans”: Hostility between two world powers in new episode
March 25, 2016We return to larger considerations and smaller links in this drama between Philip and Elizabeth, and their loving, yet emotionally torn daughter.
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