An argument for how to tell the story of the civil rights era

In “Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope,” Brandon M. Terry says the familiar narrative modes of the era have warped our collective memory ...
Common DreamsOpinion

On No Kings Day, a New America Came to Life

This is who we are. And this is what our country must be: people with a soul-deep love for Planet Earth and all who inhabit ...
American Songwriter

The Lyric That Put Richard and Linda Thompson Out on the High Wire

Richard Thompson wrote "The Great Valerio", and Linda Thompson sung it. Together they display the power of metaphor in ...

50 Years Later, Hiking the “Bloody Sunday” Trail from Selma to Montgomery

Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma headed for the state capitol in Montgomery. Before they had even left town, ...