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August 9 was the thirty-ninth anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation from the Presidency. To mark the occasion the New York Review of Books has reposted some of its Nixon coverage. Most interesting of the contributors is Garry Wills in his review...

Below is an incredible, insightful article from former BLA member and political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahad that is absolutely essential. He painstakingly lays out the proper historical context in which we should see the plight of freedom fighter Assata...

FOLLOW-UP! TYPHOON WIPHA SLASHED JAPAN ON WEDNESDAY Wipha slashed Japan with fear over further damage in crippled nuclear plant TOKYO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — Japan was lashed by a powerful typhoon Wednesday which claimed the lives of at least 17...

It was January 1975, and the Watergate Babies had arrived in Washington looking for blood. The Watergate Babies—as the recently elected Democratic congressmen were known—were young, idealistic liberals who had been swept into office on a promise to clean...

622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday...