Hard Details About The Great Depression That Weren’t In The History Books
Even if you know nothing about the era, you can probably assess that the "Great Depression" wasn’t a good time. A global economic depression that lasted from 1929 until the…
Excerpt: Our Lady of Kazan
Congratulations to the inaugural winner of the Paper Brigade Award for New Israeli Fiction in Honor of Jane Weitzman: Maya Arad (Our Lady of Kazan), selected by guest judge and…
Anti Semitism in Latin America
Antisemitism has been rising globally — not just in the United States — and while we may read about events in Britain, France, or other European countries, reports from Latin America are less frequent.…
Youth V Gov (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae3dgp8lyIU Since 2015, 21 plaintiffs, now ages 13 to 24, have been suing the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, personal safety, and property through their…
We Are Unarmed (2020)
https://vimeo.com/753168801 A chronicle of resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), WE ARE UNARMED bears witness to this historic event from the first week of September 2016 to forced evacuation on February 23rd,…
How Mauritians are using human hair to try to curb the giant oil spill
The Japanese MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company and operated by Mitsui OSK Line, has spilled oil off the Mauritius coast after hitting a reef near the Blue…
Secret letters of a Jewish family torn apart by the Holocaust rediscovered
After being arrested and imprisoned in December 1943 by the Nazis for the “crime” of being Jewish, Daniele Israel secretly sent more than 250 letters to his wife, Anna, and children Vittorio and Dario, who were in…
U.S. State Department report highlights urgent need for restitution to Holocaust survivors
NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of State has submitted its first report on European countries’ restitution to Holocaust survivors and heirs for assets seized during the Nazi Germany and post-war communist…
Front view of a thoughtful senior African American woman relaxing on a sofa in living room at home
Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory, Cognition
A version of this article originally appeared in The Brink. Twenty-five years ago, 59,000 African American women signed up to join the Black Women’s Health Study launched by the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston…
‘Now Is the Time to Take a Stand’
Health disparities, structural racism, and Boston’s progress and shortcomings on tackling these systemic issues were the center of discussion on July 30 during “Black Boston: Building Healthy Cities”—the first of a four-part,…
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