Civil War Ethan Hawke as abolitionist John Brown in The Good Lord Bird Kevin Reome

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

usausausa Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Cory Doctorow

activism Activist Shaun King relaunching Frederick Douglass' abolitionist paper, North Star Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Donate to the Bowling Green Massacre Victims Fund Xeni Jardin

politics "Conservative content mill" PragerU could soon control public school curricula Jennifer Sandlin

politics This Polish trailer park LARP experience lets you roleplay the death of the American Dream for 390 euros Jennifer Sandlin

politics Sex trafficking suspect Matt Gaetz and sex offender wife Lauren Boebert among 20 Republicans to vote against sex trafficking law Rob Beschizza

police misconduct The New York Times explores the radical history of police unions Thom Dunn

black lives matter Daveed Diggs: "What to my people is the Fourth of July?" Rusty Blazenhoff

books You can vote in the Children's History Book Prize! Cory Doctorow

barack obama Barack Obama lists his favorite books, music, and movies of 2018 Gina Loukareas

picks Two people were very disappointed with Hamilton Mark Frauenfelder

Angela Lansbury Angela Lansbury: Sexual harassment and rape are a woman's fault when she's too attractive Carla Sinclair

books Arkansas wants to ban all classroom mentions of Howard Zinn (teachers, get your free books!) Cory Doctorow

youtube Frederick Douglass' "The Meaning of July the Fourth for the Negro," read by James Earl Jones Cory Doctorow