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7 Takeaways from “Judas and the Black Messiah”

February 21, 2021

Last night I watched Judas and the Black Messiah. I’ve read a lot about the Black Panthers and other 1960s …

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A tip for managing unwieldy essays

February 16, 2021

I’m a big fan of dumping my ideas onto a piece of paper when I’m writing an essay. It helps …

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Sometimes it seems so little has changed

February 10, 2021

It makes sense that Camilla Hall’s letters to her parents became more political in 1968, one of the most tense …

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Radical moves gain attention

February 2, 2021

I’m excited to watch this movie about the trial that resulted from the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention. …

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Frustration that leads to violence

January 27, 2021

We have seen recently how years of frustration can boil over into violence. Today’s domestic terrorism threat comes from the …

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Don’t dismiss female revolutionaries

December 18, 2020

Female terrorists have generally been thought of as only going along because someone (a man) has lured them in. But …

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Keeping the faith, one dollar at a time

December 9, 2020

I sold three books recently and received this check for $37.80. I could buy a decent dinner for two or …

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The allure of the 1970s

December 7, 2020

“The idea of ‘loosening the self’ not only underpinned specific 1970s enthusiasms—for jogging, natural foods, voluntary communities, and the geodesic …

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A look at the far-left in 2020

November 20, 2020

The Symbionese Liberation Army was one of many leftist radical organizations that appeared in the United States in the late …

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I’ve now shot a gun…

November 17, 2020

I took a gun safety class over the weekend. I knew a few people who were doing it and I’m …

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