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“Battleship Potemkin,” next up of Ten Films That Shook the World
March 17, 2017This screening is part of a monthly film series to commemorate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the February and October 1917 Revolutions in Russia.
Read moreIrish Americans in New York organize to support immigrants’ rights
March 16, 2017Irish Americans, overwhelmingly working class, have historically been on both sides of what Lincoln called “the best angels of our nature."
Read moreThis week in history: Habitat for Humanity turns 40
March 13, 2017By its fifth anniversary, Habitat had fourteen U.S. and seven international affiliates and had built 342 houses.
Read moreThe U.S. is a country of immigrants
March 9, 2017"Preventing immigration is not the solution."
Read moreThe woman peril is at the door
March 8, 2017There are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim to them.
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