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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Arts & Culture

Cultivating the Art of Slow Looking

When we examine the subject, foreground, and background of an image separately, the nuances of the scene emerge.

Arts & Culture

So You Plan to Teach Moby Dick

The study of Melville’s novel is enhanced by contextualizing it with primary and secondary sources related to the American sperm whaling industry.

Education & Society

Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus

How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?

Politics & History

The Voting Rights Act 1965: Annotated

The passing of the Voting Rights Act in August 1965 prohibited the use of Jim Crow laws and discriminatory tests to disenfranchise Black voters.

Education & Society

On Drugs and Harm Reduction with Maia Szalavitz

Author of Undoing Drugs and NYT columnist Szalavitz talks history, science, media shifts, politics, and how the US might mitigate its overdose crisis.

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

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