Rebecca Theim

Rebecca Theim is a former staff writer with The Times-Picayune(1988-94) and author of Hell and High Water: The Battle to Save the Daily New Orleans Times Picayune (Pelican Publishing Co., 2013). Follow her on Twitter at @rebeccatheim.

Arts & Culture

The Internet Didn’t Doom the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune; Katrina Did

The Times-Picayune had no choice after Katrina but to publish primarily online.

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Politics & History

Guns in America: Foundations and Key Concepts

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.

Politics & History

American as Apple Pie

How marketing made guns a fundamental element of contemporary boyhood.

Politics & History

“I Have A Dream”: Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.

Politics & History

When Uptown Chicago was “Hillbilly Heaven”

In the 1960s, white Appalachian workers attempted to put down roots in Chicago by building an integrated model neighborhood called Hank Williams Village.

Science & Technology

Who Wants the Metaverse?

What exactly is the “metaverse,” and what could it be, beyond an overused, hyper-trendy prompt in marketing copy?

The Internet Didn’t Doom the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune; Katrina Did

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