Redemption: The Ugly History of a Word
Connecting the word “redemption,” used at a MAGA rally, to the history of the 19th century Redemption that brought us Jim Crow.
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Plebiscite
Seeing the 2020 election not as a contest between two presidential candidates but as an up-or-down vote on democracy itself.
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Women’s March
A report on the 2020 Women’s March in NYC and why we need to start putting up Hong Kong numbers if we want to keep our democracy.
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Richard’s Official Unboxing!
Announcing my husband, Richard Lachmann’s, new book, First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship, with an unboxing (or unbagging) of his finished copies.
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Films for the Resistance: The Edge of Democracy
A review of a recent documentary about the rise and decline of democracy in Brazil, with resonance in the U.S. today.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
