Books
Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds
November 24, 2015Strong was employed by the New York Evening Post to report on the bloody massacre and the armed guards hired by Everett mill owners to keep the IWW out of town.
Read more“A Year Without Sundays:” remaking Cuban society through literacy campaign
November 23, 2015A modern day activist for social change often dreams of that day when all the hard work of struggle comes to fruition . . .
Read moreNew book celebrates the centennial of jazz great Billy Strayhorn
November 20, 2015"Strayhorn: An Illustrated Life" is a welcome addition for anyone interested in jazz, civil rights, or photography.
Read moreNew book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
Read moreToday in history: “War of the Worlds” on radio causes riots, maybe
October 30, 2015Historical research suggests the panic was far less widespread than newspapers had indicated at the time.
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