Lived History

Closing the Archive: The Death of André Schiffrin

Closing the Archive: The Death of André Schiffrin Closing the Archive: The Death of André Schiffrin

André possessed a radical view of what might matter to our world.

Dec 5, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Farewell, André the Giant

Farewell, André the Giant Farewell, André the Giant

Imagine a world without the works of Noam Chomsky, Marguerite Duras, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michel Foucault, Edward Said or Studs Terkel.  Then you will have some sense of the im...

Dec 2, 2013 / D.D. Guttenplan

The de Blasio Victory: Jon Kest’s Legacy

The de Blasio Victory: Jon Kest’s Legacy The de Blasio Victory: Jon Kest’s Legacy

The late organizer helped pave a progressive path forward for New York and elsewhere.

Dec 2, 2013 / John Atlas and Peter Dreier

Remembering Wanda Coleman

Remembering Wanda Coleman Remembering Wanda Coleman

Listening to Coleman recite changed my understanding of black poetry.

Nov 25, 2013 / E. Ethelbert Miller

Remembering Doris Lessing

Remembering Doris Lessing Remembering Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing responded to the contradictions of our time by facing them with unmatched courage.

Nov 25, 2013 / Norman Birnbaum

Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights

Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights

The great passion of the president’s last year was a struggle to enact an amendment ending the poll tax and removing wealth barriers to voting. He was right to choose the con...

Nov 22, 2013 / John Nichols

A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’ A Doctor With a Cure: ‘Medicare for All’

Gene Farley was a brilliant champion of economic and social justice, peace and, above all, single-payer health care.

Nov 11, 2013 / John Nichols

Remembering Doug Ireland

Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland

To a young journalist in the early 1980s Doug seemed already to have lived an impossible number of lives.

Nov 2, 2013 / Bruce Shapiro

Remembering Doug Ireland

Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland

Doug Ireland followed the truth wherever it took him.

Oct 31, 2013 / Micah L. Sifry

Remembering Arthur Danto

Remembering Arthur Danto Remembering Arthur Danto

Would anyone else in the “art world” really care about getting a really good hamburger?

Oct 28, 2013 / Peter G. Meyer

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