Jack Conroy and the Lost Era of Proletarian Literature
In the midst of the Depression, Conroy helped encourage a new generation of working-class writers.
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The Post Office scandal is proof we trust technology too much
In September 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov chose not to believe what his computer was telling him, and probably saved the world. The system had assured him that the very convincing blips on the Soviet early warning radar scopes were five incoming ICBM missiles, launched from the United States as a first strike.
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What the 'future histories' of the 1920s can teach us about hope
When picturing humanity's future, dark visions are everywhere - but are there alternatives? Historian Thomas Moynihan explores what we can learn from forecasters 100 years ago.
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The Nationalist Club
Sylvester Baxter, 1889. Sylvester Baxter (1850-1927,) a New Englander with a pedigree on both side which stretched back to the original
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