For some with personal connections to past mistakes, the consequences of unfettered ingenuity are no more easily ignored than mushroom clouds on the horizon
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BY LEARNING ABOUT THE MASS MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, I CAME TO UNDERSTAND MY GRANDFATHER
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VIDEO: “BUY ME, BOSTON” BOOK LAUNCH THROWDOWN FROM THE DAVID BIEBER ARCHIVES
The following videos were recorded live on Dec. 14, 2020 in Norwood, Massachusetts
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THE HOUR THAT THE SHIP COMES IN
Civil Rights and the New England folk revival.
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READ THIS BEFORE YOU GET TOO STONED TODAY
Does that mean we can’t or shouldn’t party? Of course not.
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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COLD WAR CULTURE
Louis Menand’s “The Free World” is a world found, and lost
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EXCERPT: THE HISTORY OF TATTOOING IN BOSTON
Edward Liberty’s Boston location gave him fresh proximity to his maturing sons and influence upon them
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INTERVIEW: AVIVA CHOMSKY AND CENTRAL AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN HISTORY
“If you want to know about the causes, you have to ask, What’s the cause of poverty, violence, and corruption? And that second question is what the Biden administration isn’t asking.”
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A BRIEF MEDITATION ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
And the possibility of its return
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BOOK REVIEW: THE NAZARENE, THE BACKLOT COWBOY, AND US
A historian looks at how evangelical religion, “traditional” masculinity, and right-wing politics became so hopelessly intertwined
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INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: THE HISTORY OF I-93’S CONSTRUCTION
The legacy of the roadway goes deep, with a strong push from activists in the 1970s
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BOOK REVIEW: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
Thousands of Bostonians, including many cops, were active members of an antisemitic Catholic fascist organization in the opening years of WWII
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CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVISIONIST HISTORY
Memory is a form of resistance. It's transgressive against glorified lies.
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UPCOMING BOOK EVENT: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
“A grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a lesson for those who oppose the spread of far-right ideologies today.”
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THAT TIME COPS SET BOSTON ON FIRE
Miller helped take down the “conspiracy of nine men, including three Boston cops and a Boston firefighter” who torched everything from mills to office buildings in the early ’80s.
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FREE TOURS AT THE NICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM
Women will be admitted for free on International Women's Day
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“Orange Line” Calamities and Shutdowns Going Back More Than a Century
Just because the T is super old doesn’t mean it used to be safe, reliable, or a legislative priority
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Inbox: “The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967” Set For October Release
“15-Track Compilation Features Rare and Unreleased Recordings From Boston’s Soul Scene”
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Philharmonical Warfare: The Forgotten Story Of the BSO’s Cold War Collaboration With the CIA
How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment
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