history
Langston Hughes: Let America be America again
July 3, 2019Hughes reminds us of the dream of what America could be, but not yet is.
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Taking sides and telling the truth: The hidden history of the Arnautoff mural
July 3, 2019It's a mistake to see the mural as a symbol of colonialism, white supremacy, and oppression. It was painted precisely to fight those evils.
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Stonewall anniversary: Rainbow capitalism or LGBTQ liberation?
June 28, 2019The fight for LGBTQ freedom has to again look beyond legal rights and regulations; it has to look toward liberation.
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The Siege of Leningrad: Shostakovich and the airbrushing of history
June 26, 2019The Siege of Leningrad was recorded not only in books, but also in music.
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Eyewitness report: The birth of the Daily Worker
June 22, 2019An interview with Art Shields, a labor journalist who was on the staff of the Daily Worker newspaper (predecessor of People’s World) when it rolled off the presses for the first time on January 13, 1924.
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