Melissa Gira Grant
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Nov
14

Red scare

It is difficult to convey how many of the arguments within feminism in the 1970s through the early 1990s are
Nov
13

The lynch mob is in Congress

“Of course no one who is opposed to this bill is opposed to lynching,” a senator from Georgia said from
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Nov
12

A trump suit

From The New York Times, March 31, 1933 Writing on King Kong (1933)
Nov
09

Daily

After covering the second Scottsboro trials, journalist Mary Heaton Vorse went to report from Berlin, as captured in her daily
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Nov
09

Industry

I composted my garden, I scanned some documents, and logged off social media for a few weeks while I'
Nov
07

Vital records

Today I scanned my various identity documents and archived them somewhere secure. And I found a list I made in
Oct
31

Stand

More on Ruby Bates today.
Oct
29

Until falling apart

I’m not sure why I’m writing every day, other than to make this website feel like somewhere I’
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Oct
29

Endorsement

Tonight a billionaire tried to explain to the journalists at the newspaper he bought why he hadn't interfered
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Oct
27

Rallied

Today's counter-programming the present: "Anti-Fascist Protest Tomorrow Night! Workers! Jam Madison Sq. Garden Against the Nazi Brown
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