This is the grave of Frank Knox. Born in 1874 in Boston, Knox grew up pretty middling. His father was a grocer. The family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a new start in 1883 and his father opened another store there. Knox went to...
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On Sunday, Japan will hold an election for the House of Representatives, a 465-member body that comprises the lower house of the national Diet. The last election, just over 15.
Community members clash with ICE, other federal officers, Minneapolis police, and other state officers as officials raid Las Cuatro Milpas in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicole.
Good news. If you didn't get a print copy of 404 Media's ICE and surveillance technology zine, the outlet has released three free, downloadable, versions of the zine: A full sized English version, a small file version in English and a small file version in...
This is the grave of Karl Bendetsen. Born in 1907 into a Jewish immigrant family in Aberdeen, Washington, Bendetsen would......not really take the lessons of his family fleeing anti-Semitism to.
This is the grave of Albert Sabin. Born in Białystok, Poland in 1906 (it was then part of Russia), Abram Saperstejn was among the last Jewish refugees to get out.
Lightening up the mood around here... it has been tradition for the last few years for me to write about possible WWIII flashpoints. This year (like last) I have to wonder whether we are actually already in the Third World War; if conflict were to...
A lot of liberals want to say that what is happening with ICE and the return of imperialism and the use of government forces against protestors isn't what America truly.
Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore A few weeks ago, Jake Casella Brookins posted on BlueSky: "curmudgeonly thought this morning is that "anticipation" is bad for arts & art culture". Which, given how.
Commenter Brandunaware is asking the classic old man question, as he himself characterizes it, of whether society has just gone all to hell recently, because of a general breakdown of the social contract: As much as we blame a lot of this on Trump and...
Disclosure: Alex Wellerstein has been a friend for at least a decade. I followed the development of his ideas for “The Most Awful Responsibility” as he published them on his.
This is the grave of Patrick Hurley. Born in 1883 in Lehigh, Oklahoma, Hurley came out of the Irish immigrants who rushed into Indian Territory when they weren't supposed to.