News and Issues
Six years since the invasion of Iraq and still protesting
Jo Freeman writes,
"What began with a bang is ending with a whimper. But the groups that
organized the Iraq invasion protests aren’t going out of business;
they're expanding their agenda." more »
Book Review: Women Making America
Jo Freeman reviews Women Making America,
covering women’s history from the Revolution to the present day. Chock
full of colorful images, it swoops high and low, sometimes mapping the
forest and sometimes looking at a tree. more »
Sightings, Victory Gardens
Tam Gray writes: "Tennis Ball lettuce, Moon and Stars watermelon and Telephone peas in
1943; Ernest's garden in Garden City, LI; the First Lady's kale,
shallots and fennel and a culinary historian's theory, ""The more
democratic our Pre… more »
Inaugural Journal, Waiting to Party
Jo Freeman writes, " I did have my Obama moment. It was late at night on a dark DC street, but I didn’t have to wait for hours in the cold, or be crushed by a crowd, or even buy a ticket." more »
