Closing the Archive: The Death of André Schiffrin Closing the Archive: The Death of André Schiffrin
André possessed a radical view of what might matter to our world.
Dec 5, 2013 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt
Farewell, André the Giant Farewell, André the Giant
Imagine a world without the works of Noam Chomsky, Marguerite Duras, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michel Foucault, Edward Said or Studs Terkel. Then you will have some sense of the im...
Dec 2, 2013 / Blog / D.D. Guttenplan
The de Blasio Victory: Jon Kest’s Legacy The de Blasio Victory: Jon Kest’s Legacy
The late organizer helped pave a progressive path forward for New York and elsewhere.
Dec 2, 2013 / Lived History / John Atlas and Peter Dreier
Remembering Wanda Coleman Remembering Wanda Coleman
Listening to Coleman recite changed my understanding of black poetry.
Nov 25, 2013 / Lived History / E. Ethelbert Miller
Remembering Doris Lessing Remembering Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing responded to the contradictions of our time by facing them with unmatched courage.
Nov 25, 2013 / Lived History / Norman Birnbaum
Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights
The great passion of the president’s last year was a struggle to enact an amendment ending the poll tax and removing wealth barriers to voting. He was right to choose the con...
Nov 22, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’ A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’
Gene Farley was a brilliant champion of economic and social justice, peace and, above all, single-payer health care.
Nov 11, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland
To a young journalist in the early 1980s Doug seemed already to have lived an impossible number of lives.
Nov 2, 2013 / Lived History / Bruce Shapiro
Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland followed the truth wherever it took him.
Oct 31, 2013 / Lived History / Micah L. Sifry
Remembering Arthur Danto Remembering Arthur Danto
Would anyone else in the “art world” really care about getting a really good hamburger?
Oct 28, 2013 / Lived History / Peter G. Meyer