The ‘Blood Drawn by the Lash’ and the Crimes of This Guilty Land

Eric Foner London Review of Books
President Abraham Lincoln, termed the “emancipator.”
Today Abraham Lincoln is widely revered, while many Americans, including historians, consider the militant abolitionist John Brown mad. Yet, according to two authors of new books on Lincoln and Brown, their chosen paths eventually seemed to converge.

The Enduring Lessons of a New Deal Writers Project

Jon Allsop Columbia Journalism Review
The goal of a new Federal Writers Project would be economic and cultural, putting writers to work capturing stories of the pandemic and this broader moment, while also serving as an archive for the existing work of local newspapers and non-profits.

Patriarchy and the Pandemic: Disentangling the Web of Oppression

Renata Porto Bugni People’s Dispatch
The pandemic is making clearer the historical and social problems of society, how it is deteriorating to the point of triggering its own decline. Fighting for another society that cares for women and life is a necessary task for our future.

Friday Nite Videos | January 1, 2021

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All the Ways Georgia Is Suppressing the Vote. The 2020 Song - A Year in Review | We Didn't Start the Fire Parody. Bernie Sanders Slams Mitch McConnell on $2,000 Stimulus Checks. What $1.7 Trillion in Student Debt Looks Like. Do You Love Me?