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April 2012
Twenty Years After the LA Riots
This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the LA riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict. Brian Lehrer talks with Tricia Rose, professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and Gary Phillips, writer, activist, South Central native, and author of several books, including Violent Spring — his mystery novel set in the aftermath of ‘92. More on the comments page
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now...
Cherry blossoms and poetry collide! As National Poetry Month wraps up, let’s look back at a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Esplanade where we asked a few people to read from A.E. Houseman’s “A Shropshire Lad, II”. —A.P.
Longform Blog: Two Years of Longform: What the Hell Did We Just Read? →
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Hey, Longform is two years old! Huzzah! After nearly 3,000 articles and 14,000,000 words, we thought we’d celebrate by looking back through the site’s most popular stories. We’ve put together a pair of Top 50 lists, one from our first year and one from our second, to see what exactly people…
Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks
Progressive host Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks on Current TV stopped by to talk with Brian Lehrer about the future of Occupy, his dissapointment with Obama, and his unconventional path to conventional media. Plus how you actually pronounce his name. More on the Comments Page
