Lived History

Remembering Sol Yurick

Remembering Sol Yurick Remembering Sol Yurick

“Sol had a totally different take on things. Whether it was Marxism, Darwinism, Greek mythology, or Jewish mysticism, he was always interconnecting things at so many differen...

Jan 16, 2013 / Samuel Fromartz

Remembering Aaron Swartz

Remembering Aaron Swartz Remembering Aaron Swartz

Each of our minds contain a universe, but how is it that his mind contained fourteen or fifteen of them?

Jan 12, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

What Gerda Lerner Taught Us

What Gerda Lerner Taught Us What Gerda Lerner Taught Us

An anti-fascist, a radical, an immigrant, an outsider, her pioneering work to launch women’s history programs and feminist movements was transformational.

Jan 8, 2013 / John Nichols

Remembering Jim Schmidt

Remembering Jim Schmidt Remembering Jim Schmidt

Schmidt taught farmworkers about the law, founded the Farmworker Women’s Institute, and started special projects on domestic violence, racial profiling, pesticide education, ...

Jan 2, 2013 / Maggie Gray

Remembering Becky Tarbotton

Remembering Becky Tarbotton Remembering Becky Tarbotton

Brilliant, young, dynamic, female environmental visionaries are hard to find, so this loss is enormous.

Jan 1, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012

Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012 Remembering Ten We Lost in 2012

Ten of the notable individuals we lost in 2012.

Dec 21, 2012 / The Nation

Dan Inouye’s Epic Civil Rights Championship

Dan Inouye’s Epic Civil Rights Championship Dan Inouye’s Epic Civil Rights Championship

No senator fought longer and harder for the rights of people of color, people with disabilities, women and the LGBT community. 

Dec 18, 2012 / John Nichols

Jenni Rivera Fought For Women, Immigrants and LGBT Youth

Jenni Rivera Fought For Women, Immigrants and LGBT Youth Jenni Rivera Fought For Women, Immigrants and LGBT Youth

After hours of speculation Mexican officials announced late Sunday that a plane carrying Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera was found and that they believed there were no survivo...

Dec 11, 2012 / Jorge Rivas

Remembering Jane Holtz Kay Remembering Jane Holtz Kay

Jane Holtz Kay worked tirelessly for decades in the trenches of architecture and urban design criticism, historic preservation, civic activism and environmental journalism.

Dec 11, 2012 / Preston L. Schiller

‘The Labor Movement Never Stands Still’: An Interview With Marvin Miller (1917–2012)

‘The Labor Movement Never Stands Still’: An Interview With Marvin Miller (1917–2012) ‘The Labor Movement Never Stands Still’: An Interview With Marvin Miller (1917–2012)

Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major Leage Baseball Players Association, died today at the age of 95. 

Nov 27, 2012 / Dave Zirin

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