Tiya Miles is one of our top historians of slavery in its various 19th century forms (this is a really great book on slavery and the Cherokees) and I really.
The real heroes of last night's vote are not John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, or Susan Collins. They aren't the 48 Democratic senators either. The real heroes are the direct action.
I know I am shocked that the white response to black athletes protesting is framed by white racism. But all those white people love the conservative.
Weigel has a good summary of how grassroots resistance stopped TrumpCare. It wasn't a strategy coming out of Congressional Democrats. It was everyday people, getting in the streets, protesting, disrupting.
TOPSHOT - People rally as they take part in a protest against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump in New York on March 19,2016. / AFP /.
Since the election, my daily historical reading has taken on a different tone. Not in the sense of what I am reading, which hasn't changed. But rather, my reactions to.
A lot of us live in blue states with representatives who usually do the right thing. So why protest in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc? This is.
I spent the afternoon celebrating my birthday by protesting with about 2000 fellow Rhode Islanders in support of our Muslim and Latino comrades. Standing out there today, I realized that.
