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Ron Jacobs : Autumn in America, 1973 27 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
Lines at New York City gas station, 1973. AP photo. Image from SeattlePI. Fall 1973: Autumn in America Tempers were heating up. The nightly news on WABC usually featured at least one story per broad...
RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Sociologist Todd Gitlin on the State of American Mass Media 27 Aug 2013 | 03:43 am
Todd Gitlin. Image from Pew Forum. Rag Radio podcast: Sociologist and author Todd Gitlin on the state of mass media in America We discuss the so-called 'Golden Age' of journalism highlighted by the ...
David McReynolds : Reflections on the '63 March on Washington 24 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin on the cover of Life Magazine, September 6, 1963. A socialist remembers: Reflections on the March on Washington The climate in Washington, D.C. that day was timo...
Lamar W. Hankins : The March for Jobs and Freedom After 50 Years 24 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
50 years later: The March for Jobs and Freedom While King's 'I Have a Dream' speech is clearly worthy of distinction, our memories of the event have shunted aside one of the primary purposes of the M...
Harry Targ : The CIA's Iranian Coup and 60 Years of 'Blowback' 22 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am
Supporters of Mohammed Mossadegh demonstrate in Tehran, July 1953. Placard depicts an Iranian fighting off Uncle Sam and John Bull. Image from The Spectator. The overthrow of Mossadegh: Sixty years o...
Kate Braun : Third Quarter Moon Is Time to Banish Negative Energies 22 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
Third quarter moon. Image from Leaders in Science. Moon Musings: Third Quarter Moon (August 24-26, 2013) This is a time to banish negative energies, to rid yourself of bad habits, bad jobs, bad rela...
Michael James : 'El Lechero' in San Miguel de Allende, 1962 22 Aug 2013 | 01:26 am
'El lechero' in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, August 1962. Photo by Michael James from his forthcoming book, Michael Gaylord James' Pictures from the Long Haul. Pictures from the Long Haul: 'El lech...
HISTORY / Bob Feldman : A People's History of Egypt, Part 7, 1917-1921 21 Aug 2013 | 07:51 am
Scene from the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Image from Egyptian History website. A people's history: The movement to democratize Egypt Part 7: 1917-1921 period -- British oppression leads to nationa...
Alan Waldman: ‘The Vice’ is a Gritty, Dark Cop Series About London’s Vice Squad 20 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
Waldman's film and TV treasures you may have missed: From 1999 to 2003, Ken Stott headed a strong cast as a police inspector battling prostitution, pornography, and other sex crimes. By Alan Waldman ...
BOOKS / Ivan Koop Kuper : Vicki Ayo's 'Boys From Houston' Documents a Thriving '60s Music Scene 15 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Vicki Welch Ayo's 'Boys From Houston' describes a thriving '60s music scene The book is a real eye-opener for those who would have never believed that the city once known as 'Baghdad on the Bayou,' r...
