history
Labor’s history has missing pages
August 10, 2010I asked a number of retired union activists to help clarify a big mystery raised by the 2003 book, "Left Out: Reds and America's Industrial Unions."
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See “Agora”!
August 3, 2010The political debates, the religious oratory, the provocations and intrigue in this movie are as modern as anything in today's news - only the weapons are old.
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FDR and the New Deal for Beginners
July 20, 2010This collaboration between a progressive historian and an underground comic artist brings the New Deal's politics and radicalism to life in a relevant time.
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Basil Davidson, path-breaking historian of Africa, dies at 95
July 16, 2010Basil Davidson, the great radical journalist whose books introduced a mass audience to Africa's history, died on July 9 at the age of 95.
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From mystery to history: summer reading suggestions
June 18, 2010We polled some of our writers for suggestions on great reads and their favorite sources for books and here are some of their suggestions.
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