Switch and the Pride of Youngstown
An excerpt from "The Youngstown Anthology," Second Edition.
Taking it to the Streets: Protesting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Excerpted from Lee Weiner's memoir "Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of one of the Chicago 7."
Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger
On Audre Lorde and Minnesota Nice.
Not Another Working-Class Youngstown Story
An excerpt from "Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology 2nd Edition."
The Last Children of Mill Creek [Excerpt]
"My father was the grandson of Mississippi slaves, and the son of a thrice-married and divorced mother who had cleaned white peoples’ homes and cared for their children in two states by the time they settled in St. Louis in 1929."
Ida Tarbell: Reporting the Oil Region
An excerpt from "Citizen Reporters."
Richard Hatcher’s Gary
Remembering the life and leadership of one of the first Black mayors of a major American city. [Excerpted from "The Gary Anthology."]
Crossing Over
From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."
Trick or Treat
Celebrating the season in one Chicago "Halloween neighborhood."
Fit to Kill: A Reactionary Existence (Part One)
An excerpt from "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison."
Under the Big Dome
How the now-defunct Civic Arena buried Pittsburgh's "Little Harlem."
Lost and Gain
An excerpt from "Life Sentences: Writings from Inside an American Prison."