This is the grave of Dan Moody. Born in 1893 in Taylor, Texas, Dan Moody's father was a local political leader and his mother was a school teacher. He went to the University of Texas and then its law school, moving back to Taylor in...
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I had the opportunity to review Peter Cole's excellent new book at H-Net and since that's a public resource, I thought I would share the first few paragraphs here: Peter.
This is the grave of William Wilson. Born in 1862 in Blantyre, Scotland to a coal mining father, Wilson immigrated with his family to the United States in 1870. See,.
On June 3, 1918, the Supreme Court, in the case of Hammer v. Dagenhart, overturned the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, once again proving a reactionary force in the fight for Americans to live decent lives. Child labor was a gigantic problem in early twentieth century...
Above: The Writers of LGM A year ago, I was jetlagged and had to write a post after a birthday fundraising day of disappointing results to get enough resources to.
The great Texas psychedelic musician, genius behind the 13th Floor Elevators, acid case, and overall amazing and disturbed person Roky Erickson, RIP The Elevators also had one of the only.
In case you need to read about Foucault tripping at Zabriskie Point: But once he was “tripping his brains out”, what, finally, did Foucault see? Foucault in California, though filled with anecdotes, observations and facts, is not a tell-all piece in which the truth of...
In the endless discussions about schooling since too many LGM commenters will not admit that their actions in securing the "best" education, housing, and other privileges are part of a.
Which of Chait's last two articles do you think is worse? First, we have his hit piece on Bernie Sanders for supporting the Sandinistas in the 1980s. Say what you.
The nation never truly desegregated after Brown, but now it is resegregating as fast as possible, whether Baton Rouge or California. This story is from a couple of weeks ago, but quite relevant to the terrible comment threads of the last couple of days, where...
With Trump still talking about dumping undocumented immigrants on left-leaning voting districts as a classic example of the central Republican governing doctrine of fuck liberals, I am awaiting two responses..
Tony Horwitz has died suddenly, only 60 years old. I can't say what an important book Confederates in the Attic was when it came out in 1998. It's really a.