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John Steinbeck on the Violent Repression of the Fight for Migrant Workers’ Rights

John Steinbeck on the Violent Repression of the Fight for Migrant Workers’ Rights John Steinbeck on the Violent Repression of the Fight for Migrant Workers’ Rights

We now know that workers are being attacked not because they want higher wages, not because they are Communists, but simply because they want to organize.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / John Steinbeck

For the Jews—Life or Death?

For the Jews—Life or Death? For the Jews—Life or Death?

An appeal for help from 1944.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / I.F. Stone

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States? 1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

There is no best country to write in. There is only the old world and the new.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy

Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy

The Black artist still must confront the choice between being a messenger about the community and being a pure maker of artistic product.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Langston Hughes and Touré

Was Europe a Success?

Was Europe a Success? Was Europe a Success?

It would be intolerable to belong to a society which denied the freedom of expression.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Albert Einstein

When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary

When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary

An eloquent portrait of underground life among the undocumented and the damned of the earth.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Emma Goldman and Vivian Gornick

1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria

1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria 1915–1925: Radicals in a Time of Hysteria

Looking forward to a social order without any external restraints upon the individual.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Can Men and Women Be Friends? Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Feminism has opened up far more space than could have been imagined in the 1920s.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Floyd Dell and Michelle Goldberg

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

It will need a robust Mayor and city government to take the law into their own hands; but the people would support them.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / William MacDonald and Bill de Blasio

When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels

When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels

We know today the Founders were not Fathers to be proud of.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Simeon Strunsky and Richard Kreitner

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