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This could be the most offensive baby ever

This 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazines

2 min readMar 27, 2018

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This could be the most offensive baby ever

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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

2 min readMar 22, 2018

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

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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

2 min readMar 21, 2018

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

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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

5 min readMar 21, 2018

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

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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

2 min readMar 20, 2018

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

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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

6 min readMar 12, 2018

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

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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

4 min readMar 6, 2018

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

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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

8 min readFeb 28, 2018

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

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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

5 min readFeb 21, 2018

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

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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

5 min readFeb 7, 2018

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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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