history
“Anthracite Fields” earns Pulitzer for music about Pennsylvania coal miners
March 8, 2016The working class has gained a new champion in the concert hall with the rise of composer Julia Wolfe.
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This week in women’s history: Militant furriers strike successfully in 1926
March 8, 2016Some 10,000 women workers in the needle trades, mostly Jewish and Italian, took to the New York City streets to demand higher wages.
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This week in history: Hattie McDaniel, first African American Oscar winner
February 29, 2016On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
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Bacardi and the defense of Cuban sovereignty
February 29, 2016Bacardi is a multi-national entity, not a U. S. corporation. Its headquarters are in Bermuda, a tax-free haven for corporate profits.
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Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism
February 26, 2016Gerald Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with a newly published biography.
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