activism

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• 1/20/19
  

  Ibram X. Kendi: Remember Dr. King's Nightmare This MLK Day

  by HNN Staff

  How historians can be inspired by remembering the radical and realist Dr. King.

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• 1/5/19
  

  What Can Historians Teach The Media In The Era of Trump? 4 Historians Weigh In

  by Kyla Sommers

  “Truth itself is under attack and expertise is suspect." So what role can historians play?

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-27-18
  

  Gun-control advocates believe their activism will mirror the fight for gay marriage. They’re wrong.

  by James Kirchick

  The better comparison is Prohibition — and we all know how that turned out.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-12-18
  

  Jonathan Zimmerman says students should go on strike to win gun control

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  West Virginia teachers won by striking. There’s a lesson in that.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-5-18
  

  7 Times in History When Students Turned to Activism

  History is full of movements led by students — albeit usually in college, not high school. Some were successful and others brutally crushed, but even the latter still resonate.

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• 12-9-13
  

  Review of Michael Stewart Foley's "Front Porch Politics"

  by Andrew Feffer

  Shedding a light on the radical reality of politics in the '70s and '80s.