“It’s better. But there is more journey ahead of us. The theory is that the rise of women in comedy parallels the rise of women in America. The same narrative applies to where society is when it comes to its treatment of women.”
Category Archives: history
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
“Vowell’s work is the work of historians — untangling fact from fiction, analyzing both, and engagingly communicating their findings.”
Stamped from the Beginning: the Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
“However uncomfortable it is, the path to truth, reconciliation, and healing, learning about our history. We can’t eliminate racism, prejudice, discrimination, or injustice until we bravely look it in the face.”
The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
“the United States government long concentrated populations of American Indians on reservations, prisoners of the Civil War, and incarcerated Japanese Americans in camps.”
The Opposite of Hate by Sally Kohn
“I like the thought of my students becoming global citizens who can have a rational conversation with anyone — even people who have radically different beliefs than them. I like the idea that my students can be safer in the world if we all start connecting rather than hating.”
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
“Will we blunder by covering up our mistakes and refusing to own them, as the Soviet Union did following a failed safety test? Or, will we take responsibility for our past and present, using what we learn to make the world a better place?”
Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
“It’s easy to think that when faced with evil, we will choose the side of good. But the rhetoric of evil is slippery. It creeps upon us. The only way to combat it entirely is to remain constantly vigilant.”
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne
“Quanah remained a leader, but his leadership always wrenched in two different directions: his identity as a Comanche and the pull of assimilation.”
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest For the Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
“The Washington rowing crew’s story in1936 reminds us how vital connection is in the COVID-era.”
As Long as I Remain Alive & Auschwitz, Auschwitz . . .I Cannot Forget You As Long as I Remain Alive by Max Garcia
Max Garcia, a Holocaust survivor, details how he met my grandfather, a 21 year-old Army sergeant at the end of WWII.
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