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International Women's Day: California Heroines
As ELON-FELON tries to eliminate all history involving anyone but white men, I want to shout out just a few of the powerhouse California women I’ve been…
Mar 8
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Frederick Douglass and Kendrick Lamar
How 'bout that halftime show?
Feb 14
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Frederick Douglass and Kendrick Lamar
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Andrew Johnson deconstructs Reconstruction
There’s a national lament going on, going something like, “How did we get HERE?” The real question is, “How did we get BACK here?”
Feb 13
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Andrew Johnson deconstructs Reconstruction
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Lincoln's inaugural address inaugurates Civil War
Frederick Douglass: Some thought we had in Mr. Lincoln the nerve and decision of an Oliver Cromwell, but the result shows we have merely a continuation…
Feb 12
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Lincoln's inaugural address inaugurates Civil War
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Lincoln "considers" Emancipation
One key to the fight ahead is looking back to see how we ever made social and moral progress in the first place. Studying Abraham Lincoln’s surprisingly…
Jan 29
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California, forever
Taking heart from California history: The 1906 earthquake and devastating fires that followed leveled San Francisco. The city miraculously rebuilt…
Jan 14
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Thanksgiving, 1863 - San Francisco
California has always seen this dubious holiday from a distance.
Nov 29, 2024
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The Election of 1868
“History doesn’t repeat itself. But it often rhymes.” - Mark Twain -- It hardly seems that this election could be more existentially tense or…
Oct 31, 2024
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The Election of 1868
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