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This could be the most offensive baby ever

This 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazines

Mar 27, 2018

This could be the most offensive baby ever

Mar 27, 2018

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The entire English soccer team gave the Nazi salute — for diplomacy’s sake

It was part of the British government’s plan to appease Hitler

Mar 22, 2018

The entire English soccer team gave the Nazi salute — for diplomacy’s sake

Mar 22, 2018

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Jackie Robinson was once humiliated and court-martialed for sitting next to a black woman people…

Robinson had a Rosa Parks moment of his own long before he broke the race barrier in baseball

Mar 21, 2018

Jackie Robinson was once humiliated and court-martialed for sitting next to a black woman people…

Mar 21, 2018

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This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate

Nixon’s goons made Martha Mitchell the subject of a sexist smear campaign

Mar 21, 2018

This woman was held hostage and drugged because she knew too much about Watergate

Mar 21, 2018

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When a racist man heckled Lena Horne in a Beverly Hills nightclub, she threw dishes at him

“He had it coming,” her manager said, and her fans agreed

Mar 20, 2018

When a racist man heckled Lena Horne in a Beverly Hills nightclub, she threw dishes at him

Mar 20, 2018

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‘The Year of the Woman’ wasn’t actually that great for women

In 1992, even with tremendous gains, Washington was overwhelmingly male

Mar 12, 2018

‘The Year of the Woman’ wasn’t actually that great for women

Mar 12, 2018

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She was the first woman senator. Her term lasted exactly a day

Rebecca Felton was a pawn in a sexist politician’s career move

Mar 6, 2018

She was the first woman senator. Her term lasted exactly a day

Mar 6, 2018

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How a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs

Harry Anslinger conflated drug use, race, and music to criminalize non-whiteness and create a prison-industrial complex

Feb 28, 2018

How a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs

Feb 28, 2018

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When feminism ignored the needs of black women, a mighty force was born

Founded in the early 1970s, the Combahee River Collective spoke to the unique position of being black and female

Feb 21, 2018

When feminism ignored the needs of black women, a mighty force was born

Feb 21, 2018

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After the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassment was dominated by wealthy…

Black feminists had to literally buy their way into the conversation

Feb 7, 2018

After the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassment was dominated by wealthy…

Feb 7, 2018

Laura Smith

Laura Smith

Managing Editor @Timeline_Now. Bylines @nyt @slate @guardian @motherjones Based in Oakland. Nonfiction book, The Art of Vanishing (Penguin/Viking, 2018).

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