Political conservatism, say its critics, is less a rational movement to shape the future than an irrational impulse to flee the present. Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. famously called it “the politics of nostalgia.” In reality, the temptation to romanticize the past is evident across the ideological spectrum. Politicians, activists, and intellectuals often wax nostalgic about Conservatives direct our gaze backward not to worship at the altar of some idealized past but instead to study the lessons of history.
A sound, video and music collage and discussion of the early African American music culture that molded Harriet Tubman, one of our most prolific ancestors.
Thanks to state Sen. Jeff Jackson bowing out of North Carolina’s Democratic primary, the 2022 field for U.S. Senate is coming into focus. We now have a likely nominee (Cheri