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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
Marvin Miller, former executive director of the Major Leage Baseball Players Association, died today at the age of 95.
Nov 27, 2012 / Dave Zirin