January 2010
21 posts
Holden's History of the United States →
“The prisoners of the system will continue to rebel, as before, in ways that...”
– The last lines of Zinn’s People’s History of the United States.
Haiti, the earthquake, and my family →
Edwidge Danticat memorializes his cousin Maxo
US to lift 21-year ban on haggis →
Burns’ night boost for famous Scottish dish that fell victim to BSE fears
Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans →
The Border South →
The rise of the Border South in the nineteenth century as a section was accompanied by conflict over slavery. It was a geopolitical region whose complexities of identity, commerce, and family make it both deeply Southern and at points open to other regions, cultures, and influences.
Rural Broadband: Let's Talk About Cost →
When the federal government brought electricity to rural America, it worried more about cost to farm families than construction. There’s a lesson here for broadband.
The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant... →
Scott Horton speaks with “four members of the Military Intelligence unit assigned to guard Camp Delta, including a decorated non-commissioned Army officer who was on duty as sergeant of the guard the night of June 9–10” about the alleged suicides of four Gitmo detainees, the absurdity of the report about their deaths, and the possibility that there was a black site being operated at...
Her Crime? Sex Work in New Orleans. →
With police charging sex workers as sex offenders—the majority of them Black women—activists hope the city’s mayoral elections next month will pave the way for fighting the law.
Jeffrey Hudson →
Hijacking History →
In which varying versions of history are debated at a textbook selection committee for the Texas State Board of Education
The Future of Latin American Fiction →
in 3 parts, by Jorge Volpi
Afghan Women's Writing Project →
Texas Beyond History →
UT’s virtual museum of Texas’ Cultural Heritage
Gumbo: The Mysterious History →
Why Marlowe is still the chief of detectives →