Moral Panics: A Syllabus
...(The Briggs Initiative): Annotated Liz Tracey October 28, 2022 Proposition 6, better known as the Briggs Initiative, was the first attempt to restrict the rights of lesbian and gay Americans...
Proposition 6 (The Briggs Initiative): Annotated
The history of LGBTQ+ rights in the United States can be seen as cyclical, as “just a little bit of History repeating.” Progress is made, then those who oppose this...
The Pardon of President Nixon: Annotated
It is difficult to summarize the singular period of history between the June 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters and the August 1974 resignation of President Richard Nixon. Briefly,...
The Voting Rights Act 1965: Annotated
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, legislation that sought to remove the discriminatory obstacles placed by states and localities to prevent Black residents...
Teaching Comics: A Syllabus
...the Bechdel test, second-wave feminists looked at sexist portrayals in Saturday Morning cartoons There’s a Mascot for That? Cute COVID-19 Education Liz Tracey April 6, 2020 How to get people...
Zombies of the Slaughterhouse
...and the environment are connected,” it seems the jungle will only keep on growing. You Might Like Walking Dead: The Science Behind the Zombies Liz Tracey November 3, 2014 Walking...
Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech: Annotated
On June 25, 1978, the ninth anniversary of the Stonewall Riot in New York City, Harvey Milk gave an impassioned speech to his fellow San Franciscans celebrating Gay Freedom Day....
The Chinese Exclusion Act: Annotated
The passage and signing of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act set a number of precedents in United States immigration law. First, it barred an entire nation’s population from entering the...
Transgender Legal Battles: A Timeline
In 1952, Christine Jorgensen stepped off of a plane from Denmark, where she had received groundbreaking medical care and had grown into herself as a “blonde beauty,” as the New...
The Living Dead Embody Our Worst Fears
...Science Behind the Zombies Liz Tracey November 3, 2014 Walking Dead: the science behind the zombies. The D-I-Y Origins of Night of the Living Dead Kristin Hunt November 5, 2020...