The Hidden Stakes of the 1619 Controversy

David Waldstreicher Boston Review
Critics of the New York Times’s 1619 Project insist the facts don’t support its proslavery reading of the American Revolution. But they obscure a longstanding debate within the field of U.S. history over that very issue.

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In Bessemer and the South, Black Workers Hold the Key

Matthew Cunningham-Cook and Marc D. Bayard The American Prospect
Does the ongoing campaign to unionize the Amazon Bessemer warehouse, where 85 percent of the workers are Black, portend a return to large-scale campaigns in the South?

The Ottawa Occupation and Canada: a Call to Step Up

John Cartwright Council of Canadians
Millions of Canadians are looking for clear leadership – to build a more united world – in the days and weeks ahead. Let each of us step up and be part of the solution.

When the Levee Breaks feat. John Paul Jones | Playing for Change

“When The Levee Breaks” is an emotionally-charged classic by Led Zeppelin. The song is a rework of the 1929 original release by Kansas Joe Mccoy and Memphis Minnie about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927; the most destructive river flooding in U.S. history.