history
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with 5 conscious-raising albums
August 15, 2023History was made on Aug. 11, 1973, when Clive Campbell took to the stage at his sister’s back-to-school party in the Bronx.
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‘The Busing Battleground’ and ‘The Harvest’: An education in Black and white
August 15, 2023The Harvest and The Busing Battleground are not just historical artifacts. They are as much a primer as a requiem. Certainly they convey lessons in problematic experiments.
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Social Security turns 88, but how long can it survive Republican attacks?
August 14, 2023The nation's best and biggest social program is turning 88, but its future is in doubt.
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Advancing the new Cold War, New York Times revives ‘foreign agent’ conspiracy
August 11, 2023The Times says a socialist millionaire in Beijing is manipulating the American public by funding dissent here at home. It's not news, and it's not fit to print.
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Anarchism vs. Marxism: The politics of Boots Riley’s ‘I’m a Virgo’
August 10, 2023It’s a fight as old as Marxism itself.
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