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Thankful for President Trump: Thanksgiving with Stop the Steal
On Thanksgiving morning supporters of President Trump’s doomed reelection effort descended on the Loop neighborhood of Chicago to raise the battle cry “Stop the Steal!” The “steal” in this tortured locution is the purported Democratic Party ...
“Remember What My Number Is”: RIP Toots Hibbert
54-46 was Toots Hibbert’s prison number. He sang it out loud on the electrifying track 54-46 That’s My Number (1969), one of a crop of tunes that made Toots and the Maytals a household name on ...
“The Trial of the Chicago Seven”: A Review
There have been a number of reviews written about Aaron Sorkin’s film The Trial of the Chicago Seven (available on Netflix). The film is a fictional account of the trial of leaders of the anti Vietnam ...
Response To John Brown and The Good Lord Bird
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Note from the Editors: A few weeks ago, we ran an interview with Marty Brown, a descendant of one of John Brown’s children. We had come across Marty via a letter that she wrote to the ...
Drawing Ourselves into the Picture
My mother Leah frequented the Durban Public Library in South Africa at least once a week. As the youngest child, I was often forced to tag along with her. I enjoyed those sessions. I used to ...
2020 Election–Impressions and Reflections
America appears to be divided into three more or less equal parts, at least when it comes to the election results. Thus far, just under 78 million people voted for Biden; about 73 million voted for ...
To Make New England Go Red
As I switched tabs on my computer back and forth between the documentary on Ancient Egypt and the election night results, my phone buzzed. It was my cousin informing me that Trump was leading in Rhode ...
Class on Crack
This is a story about crack, and everything that cracks underneath its weight. For the uninitiated, some exposition is warranted. The genre of the gonzo drug abuse romp has had its day, and neither is this ...
‘No Condescending Saviors:’ A Personal Tribute to Noel Ignatiev
Hard Crackers founding editor Noel Ignatiev died a year ago today. In his memory, we are running in full this tribute written by a longtime comrade and friend of his. We also plan to publish a ...
John Brown—“one of the most clear-sighted and courageous patriots our nation has ever produced”
An Interview with Marty Brown Marty Brown is a descendant of Jason Brown, one of John Brown’s children. She lives in Portland, Oregon. We contacted her after we read a letter that she had written to ...