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This Week in People’s History, Oct 16–22

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Harpers Ferry as it looked in 1857
Harpers Ferry, a Bridge Too Far (1859), Lynch Mob Gets Served (1894), A Frame-Up Falls Apart 15 Years Too Late (1989), George Washington’s Indigenous ‘Enemies’ (1779), Civil Servants In the Crosshairs (2020), A Guilty Verdict Reversed by Trump (2014)

Breaking the Public Schools

Jennifer C. Berkshire The American Prospect
Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.

A Visual History of the Harlem Renaissance

Text by Reece Taylor Williams and Veronica Chambers. Edited by Marcelle Hopkins, Eve Lyons and Veronica Chambers. Designed and Produced by Alice Fang and Antonio de Luca. Archival Research by Lisa Dalsimer, Allyson Torrisi and Dahlia Kozlowsky. New York Times
The Harlem Renaissance changed the world. We’ve gathered dozens of images, many that we’ve never published, showing the people and the art that they created.

Where Are the Voices for Peace?

Jeremy Corbyn Morning Star
The lack of diplomatic efforts to end wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Congo shame the international community — as the death tolls mount, we need an urgent shift towards peace-building and justice.