August 13, 2021 Maine Public Radio “There is a long history of fine artists using their work as a form of protest against injustice and

August 10, 2021 The New York Times Magazine “Right now in northern Minnesota, the Canadian oil-and-gas-transport company Enbridge is building an expansion of a pipeline,

August 05, 2021 The Perquimans Weekly While celebrating the 87th birthday of Wendell Berry today, we ran across this earnest review of Berry’s book Jayber Crow – published recently in The Perquimans

August 04, 2021 PBS It was on this day in 1964 that the bodies of three murdered civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner,

July 28, 2021 William Sturkey, The Atlantic William Sturkey’s tribute to Bob Moses, who died on July 25th, reveals the heart of an extraordinary activist: “Moses

July 19, 2021 The Writer’s Almanac “It’s the anniversary of the first women’s rights conference in history, organized in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It

July 16, 2021 Astrid Kayembe, Memphis Commercial Appeal Ida B. Wells‘ 159th birthday was celebrated in Downtown Memphis this year, with a parade and the

July 14, 2021 Ted Loos, New York Times The MacArthur Fellows Program is celebrating 40 years of commitment to recognizing extraordinarily creative individuals and highlighting the

July 07, 2021 Nicole Chavez, CNN With two key voting rights bills stalled in the U.S. Senate, a July U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing voter restrictions in