history
First martyr of the American Revolution: Former slave Crispus Attucks
July 3, 2019It would take a “second American revolution”—the Civil War—to break the U.S. slaveholder class.
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Langston Hughes: Let America be America again
July 3, 2019Hughes reminds us of the dream of what America could be, but not yet is.
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Taking sides and telling the truth: The hidden history of the Arnautoff mural
July 3, 2019It's a mistake to see the mural as a symbol of colonialism, white supremacy, and oppression. It was painted precisely to fight those evils.
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Stonewall anniversary: Rainbow capitalism or LGBTQ liberation?
June 28, 2019The fight for LGBTQ freedom has to again look beyond legal rights and regulations; it has to look toward liberation.
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The Siege of Leningrad: Shostakovich and the airbrushing of history
June 26, 2019The Siege of Leningrad was recorded not only in books, but also in music.
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