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“Spies of Mississippi” reveals in shocking detail the state of Mississippi’s effort to undermine the Civil Rights Movement using a vast network of spies. Whites and Blacks spied for Old Dixie. An arm of the state government called the Sovereignty…
John Humphrey Noyes grew up crippled by social anxiety. He overcame his anxiety when he began preaching and came to embrace Perfectionism. He would later declare that he would be the leader in establishing the Kingdom of God on earth.…
“Nevada’s the last of the live and let live states,” says Dennis Hof, the self-described “Brothel King” and owner and proprieter of Nevada’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch, made famous as the setting for the HBO documentary series, Cathouse (2005-2008). “I don’t…
Studs Terkel, born 106 years ago on this date, May 16, spent the majority of his life documenting the lives of others – very often everyday, working-class people he believed were “uncelebrated and unsung.” From coal miners and sharecroppers to…
By Samantha Power When I met Ibraheem in 2014, he had already endured more as a 12-year-old than most of us could ever imagine: the terror of Assad’s barrel bombs, the loss of his mother and four siblings, and the…
By Barry Rubinow Ronald Reagan was the new President. Rudy Giuliani was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York with a mandate to clean up the city. The yuppies were thriving with their upscale clothes and…
