This is the grave of Steve Brodie. Born in 1869 in Warrenton, Virginia, Brodie mostly grew up in Roanoke. His father was an actor when he could get a work, and a tailor otherwise. The "S" in Brodie's name is Scott, not Steve, but his...
Author: Erik Loomis
On January 23, 1922, the United Textile Workers led between 70,000 and 85,000 workers out on strike, protesting the continued exploitative reality of work in the apparel factories. This was.
On January 22, 1905, the first Russian Revolution began when the military fired on striking workers in St. Petersburg. The revolution, such as it even was, failed, as most revolutions.
One way to deal with the return of Trump is more film. I don't know when the last time was that I watched Spike Lee's 2000 film The Original Kings of Comedy, documenting the comedy tour hosted by Steve Harvey and including D.L. Hughley, Cedric...
I am trying to swallow my anger at the single idiot who did not put Ichiro on their Hall of Fame ballot to celebrate the fact that Ichiro is now.
The last day plus has been a lot. So before too much time passes, we need to remember Cecile Richards, the long-time Planned Parenthood head, who died yesterday at the.
White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller (R) joins Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to discuss U.S. immigration policy at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC12A3375CB0 Every now and then over the past few...
A friend of mine who is a religious reader of this blog's comment section and occasional commenter himself sent me this note about how the LGM community just doesn't understand.
Scott noted that Illinois governor JB Pritzker is providing an example for Democrats of how to resist Trump. You know who is not doing that? New Jersey's governor Phil Murphy,.
The last member of The Band is gone. Truly the end of an era of rock and roll. Everyone is required to listen to his work on "Chest Fever" on repeat today.
This is the grave of Francis Boggs. Born in 1870 in Santa Rosa, California, Boggs got interested in acting by the time he was a teenager and by the mid.
If there's one thing I disagree with much of the LGM community about, it's the role of the media in our current crisis. That's not because I think the media.