Look, I am ambivalent about the college occupations and tent camps. I am not sure of this as a strategy and I often don't see endgames to the idea of occupying space. But what do I care? Why should I be the person telling young...
Author: Erik Loomis
On May 2, 1968, a small wildcat strike at a Chrysler plant in Detroit led to the creation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement. This merging of Black Power and.
This is the grave of David Lander. Born in 1947, David Landau grew up in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewish family. His parents both taught school. From the time he.
This is the grave of Soulja Slim. Born in 1977 in New Orleans, James Tapp, Jr. grew up around music, but he also grew up around incredible poverty, crime, and an economy completely decimated by suburbanization and the loss of tax bases to inner cities...
This is the grave of Talcott Parsons. Born in 1902 in Colorado Springs, Parsons grew up in an intellectually elite family out in that still young state. His father was.
On April 28, 1911, the South African government passed the Mines and Works Act that banned Africans to unskilled work in the mines and on the railroads. This especially what.
I've had something of a crisis of faith on the Music Notes posts, for two reasons. First, I am a terrible writer about music and so I find them consistently embarrassing. Second, they take a long time to write and I am busy trying to...
This is the grave of Michael Kelly. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1957, this utter creature of the Beltway, this King of the Blob, this lover of bombing brown people.
This is the grave of Cecil B. DeMille. Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts in 1881, at his parents' vacation home, DeMille grew up in New York City. His parents were well-off.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: Caleb Williams #13 of the USC Trojans passes the ball during the first half of a game against the UCLA Bruins at United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 18, 2023 in Los Angeles, California....
LSU Tigers Football vs Florida State Gators, Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, NCAA College Team, SEC - Tammy Anthony Baker, Photographer, FB: tammyanthonybaker X: tmabaker Inst: tabinla Who is as.
This is the grave of Rosa Parks, or more accurately the building where her grave resides, because it was locked when I was there. Born in 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama,.