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Tracy Fessenden: Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York.

July 16, 2024 · 2 Comments

Video: David Brooks — “Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture”

. In this hour-long lecture, New York Times columnist David Brooks talks about the major trends in American culture over the last 50 years and how they have led to … Continue reading

March 25, 2018 · Leave a comment

Ken Levy: Sorry, But It’s Entirely the Right’s Fault

Many commentators are suggesting that both right and left are equally to blame for all the polarization between them. They’re wrong. The reason for all the bitterness between left and … Continue reading

June 26, 2017 · 2 Comments

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