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New Museum Exhibit Celebrates the Heritage, Resiliency of the Lenape People
The Lenape people inhabited for millennia the land on which New York City was built. And their culture continues to this day throughout the eastern half of North America.
New York City’s History of Resistance Chronicled at Museum of the City of New York
Sara Seidman and Neal Rosenstein discuss the new permanent exhibition that displays the tactics New Yorkers have used to demand change in their communities.
The word ‘woke’ is getting a workout. Originally, woke was a slang term meant to signal political awareness. To…
A Handy Guide to End Times Fascism
Many of us still get disoriented when talking about fascism in the present tense. What even is a fascist,…
“I Love My Culture”: Leonard Peltier on His Life and Art
Indigenous activist and former political prisoner Leonard Peltier talks about his art his release from prison with The Indy.
Judith Malina, In Her Own Words
The co-founder of the The Living Theatre, Karen Malpede writes, was a “a brilliant visionary, a fearless artist and a dazzling conversationalist.”
A Moment in the Sun: How Black New Yorkers Sought to Redefine Freedom in Pre-Civil War NYC
In his new book, Historian Shane White tells the story of a vibrant community of Black Americans and of integration in the years before the Civil War.
“Capitalism: A Global History” by Harvard professor Sven Beckert lays out his argument on the origins of capitalism in his drawn out but ultimately compelling book.
In “Barbara Forever,” A Pioneer of Lesbian Experimental Film is Lovingly Remembered
Brydie O’Connor uses archival material and masterful editing to produce a deeply moving portrait of an artist on her own terms.