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Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
The way private enterprise took over the grounds of public housing and Black life in New Orleans is consistent with the norms of late capitalism in the United States. Everything is subject to markets. Folkways have little power without capital. But there is a particularly sharp way gentrification cuts in the South, a region built by the people who
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“… we can no longer afford to carry on in a prolonged era of polite reflection and ineffective resistance. An Era of Emergencies is bearing down on us." - Barry Lopez from embrace fearlessly the burning world
While Eisenhower wrestled with the bookkeeping, MacArthur settled in. He’d met his second wife, Jean, on the trip over. His only son, Arthur MacArthur IV, was born in Manila, with Manuel Quezon as the godfather. MacArthur took up residence in the penthouse of the Parsons-designed Manila Hotel. He became a fixture of Manila society, even receiving a
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25 Predictions for 2025 (Part II)
On February 23, 1936, the police executed two more Nationalists—Hiram Rosado and Elías Beauchamp—in the San Juan General Police Headquarters.
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
A little more than an hour later, at around 5:30 p.m., Preston walked out of his bedroom for what would be the last time in his life.
Nick Bilton • American Kingpin: Catching the Billion-Dollar Baron of the Dark Web
Nineteen thirty-five was the year of the bomb: at National City Bank (today known as Citigroup), at post offices, at police stations. They exploded on holidays—New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July—or directly after Albizu’s speeches. Nobody was killed and nobody was convicted, but it wasn’t hard to guess who was responsible. “Some night, here, we wil
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