history
The working-class legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
August 7, 2023I hope others will discover what I did: the historical legacy and sacrifice of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade offers us a blueprint to build a newer world.
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The Oppenheimer paradox: Scientists vs. the military-industrial complex
August 4, 2023The Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb represented multiple ruptures in society, which still cast a cloud over the world today.
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‘One Moment of Freedom’ tells the dramatic story of the formerly enslaved MumBet
August 3, 2023The play lifts up the historical figure of Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman and helps to restore her to public consciousness.
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Imperial disintegration: What’s happening in West Africa?
August 2, 2023For centuries, Africa suffered under slavery, oppression, and exploitation from European colonialism. The situation in Niger shows the suffering still isn’t over.
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MLK’s 1963 fight to be commemorated with a new March on Washington
August 1, 202360 years since the “I Have a Dream” speech.
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