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There is more to Mark Twain than Huckleberry Finn… "Who are the oppressors? The few. Who are the oppressed? The many." Countless American writers have had a radical side in politics, from H … read more

On the day of Thomas Wilson Dorr’s birth, we remember a little-known chapter in history of American democracy and what it has to teach us about democratic empowerment today. Democracy is never 'wo … read more

Today in 1813, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle while fighting to save his people’s land. A painting of Tecumseh, a Native American (Source: Toronto Public Library) Befor … read more

Frances Harper, the unofficial poet laureate of abolition, was born today in 1825. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1825-1911 (Source: Library of Congress) Make me a grave where’er you will In a … read more

This month in 1934, the biggest strikes in US history swept through the American textile industry. It’s an enduring example of how collective action against exploitation is the pathway to a better w … read more