Diamonds and death
July 30, 2014
—Susan Falls Engagement ring sales drive the diamond market in the United States. But people purchase diamonds to celebrate all kinds of occasions, many of which are rites of passage:… READ MORE
Month: July 2014
Upcoming events with Gerald Horne
July 24, 2014
Author and historian Gerald Horne will be on a mini book tour this weekend to discuss his two new books, The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the… READ MORE
Maleficent: A feminist fairy tale?
July 17, 2014
—Jessie Klein and Meredith Finnerty Maleficent makes us want to stand up and cheer—and then sit down stunned. The film distinguishes itself as the third in a trend of major studio… READ MORE
Our legacy, too: Muslim women and the civil rights movement
July 8, 2014
—Jamillah Karim “No one person owns this. This history is a history of thousands of people and we tell hundreds of those stories.” When I heard former mayor of Atlanta… READ MORE