Before we shrug off the latest achievement as just another small step on a long road, consider the miles we’ve come since the idea of tapping the power of the sun was first conceived.
On “Repeal Day,” remember that the war against alcohol was ultimately a war against political corruption and unbridled capitalism.
The massive protests in Iran, fueled by the audacity of young women and children, are rooted in over a century of struggle.
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Highlights from a production of Howard Zinn’s “Voices of a People’s History of the United States. Howard Zinn, Afre Woodard, Jeff Zinn.
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A provocative history of Indigenous America. How best to tell the story of oppressed peoples? By chronicling the hardships they’ve faced? Or by highlighting their triumphs over adversity?
In 1932, with the Great Depression underway, President Herbert Hoover and General Douglas MacArthur violently suppressed the Bonus March, a massive encampment of veterans demanding relief, with far-reaching and unforseen consequences.
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Jake Blount walks us through the banjo's history — from West Africa to enslaved people in the US to the early record industry — to explain how Black folk music has evolved.
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