Racist remarks shared between Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon while the latter was still president came to light earlier this year. This was not exactly surprising; Nixon’s bigotry and antisemitism had been previously exposed through similar tapes, though in this exchange the remarks were particularly shocking due to Reagan being the one instigating them and …
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The article from Minju Bae regarding the struggle of unionization at The Tenement Museum reminded me of a sort of recurring joke I’ve heard over the years. It’s short and typically said in the context of a worker saying “Nah, my boss told me a union wouldn’t work here, and he usually Loves unions!” While …
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This week Carmen Maria Machado released an experimental memoir, In the Dream House, and last night through the Free Library she spoke about the memoir at a free event. I was lucky enough to go, and during this event she echoed what she had said about the book in the prologue and what reviewers had …
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In a recent interview with The Cut, writer Angie Cruz discussed her creation of an online digital archive in the form of an instagram account. This archive was created due to the absence of Dominican women in the CUNY archive. For the article to lead with the creation of the archive I would have liked …
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