Mother jones

E.J. Graff asked all the men to leave the room before she linked to this reddit piece below, but I didn’t. It’s from an HR person at a tech company explaining why women routinely get lower salary offers than men: The reason they don’t keep up, from where I sit, is simple. Often, a woman […]

I am once again befuddled by history: The full role of white women in slavery has long been one of the “slave trade’s best-kept secrets.” “They Were Her Property,” a taut and cogent corrective, by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, examines how historians have misunderstood and misrepresented white women […]

Myths, as debunked by 95-year-old David Honeyboy Edwards.

Historical Photo of the Day: July 30, 1975

Cartoonist Joe Sacco on his latest book on Palestine, how he draws, and why he prefers "comic book" to "graphic novel."

We do a pretty good job eating the recommended amount of potatoes. Other stuff, not so much.

"This is the only job in the world that has Dr. King's blood on it."

Opha Mae Johnson was first in a line of 305 who signed up.

If like me, you did not grow up watching, worshipping, or crushing on The Monkees, you might go into an interview with Davy Jones really not expecting...