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Yeah, it’s not the real Labor Day, but we’re still offering discounted subscriptions with this link today. Support our work and subscribe, or get a friend a gift subscription. At the end of the nineteenth century, the American labor movement was among the most militant in the world. From the stockyards of Chicago to the…
An Unlikely Archivist For Armenian Aleppo: A Punk Drummer From D.C. A 2010 photo of Father Yeznig Zegchanian of Forty Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church in Aleppo, Syria. Jason Hamacher hide caption itoggle caption Jason Hamacher A 2010 photo of Father Yeznig Zegchanian of Forty Martyrs Armenian Apostolic Church in Aleppo, Syria. Jason…
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet HUNTING FOR THE END OF THE LONG TAIL • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 Today in Tedium: They say that history is written by the people who win—a standard that translates to wars and land grabs of all types. But it also translates pretty effectively to format wars. Generally,…
Here’s a bit of trivia for you: when he was coming up with an idea for a new comic, art Jack Kirby witnessed a woman lift a car to get her child out from under it. The moment helped inspire one of his most famous creations: the Incredible Hulk. The interview, between Kirby and Gary…
It took a century, but the message finally reached its destination. Marianne Winkler, a retired post office worker, discovered a peculiar bottle in April while vacationing with her husband on Amrum Island in Germany. Inside the dusty glass tube was a piece of paper with the words “Break the bottle,” inscribed in bold red type according…
The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. While other museums may include slavery in their exhibits, the Whitney Plantation is the first of its kind to focus primarily on the institution. John Cummings, a 78-year-old white southerner, has spent 16 years and more than $8 million of his own…
There’s this man in the Book of John who storms into a church, and flies into a rage when he sees the salesmen and moneychangers in this house of worship. He begins violently breaking down the tables where these people are seated. In the book, he is so angry he literally takes the time to…
On January 27, 1991, at a record-release party for the rap duo Bytches With Problems in Hollywood, producer/rapper/then-N.W.A. member Dr. Dre brutally attacked Dee Barnes, the host of a well-known Fox show about hip-hop called Pump It Up! Dre was reportedly angry about a Pump It Up! segment hosted by Barnes that aired in November…
You can see Janet airplanes at several airports throughout the U.S. You can hear them on air traffic control. You can fly one in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. But you can’t buy a ticket on a Janet flight, and the people who fly on Janet flights can’t tell you, or even their families, what they…
Entry Text If the Black Lives Matter movement would just be convenient and not disruptive, we wouldn’t be in this turmoil. I believe it was Frederick Douglass who said that “without a struggle, there can be no progress.” I’m seeing so many people ask for convenience in the struggle. Let’s apply that to the history…