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Lois Beckett

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  • Aerial view of Oakland.

    The Future Happens in Oakland First. That’s a Cautionary Tale for Global Cities

    International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones.’
    by Lois Beckett, Alexis C. Madrigal via The Guardian on March 22, 2025
  • Side-by-side of LGBTQ+ pride flag above fetish shop, and local LGBTQ+ activist Roland Palencia

    Searching For Silver Lake: The Radical Neighborhood That Changed Gay America

    For decades, these Los Angeles streets have played host to key events in LGBTQ+ history. But gentrification has transformed the area.
    by Lois Beckett via The Guardian on July 2, 2023
  • The Media and the Ku Klux Klan: A Debate That Began in the 1920s

    The author of "Ku Klux Kulture" breaks down the ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship between the Klan and the media.
    by Lois Beckett, Jesse Brenneman via The Guardian on March 5, 2018

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A Historian’s Revealing Research on Race and Gun Laws

The notion that gun control has racist origins is popular in gun rights circles. Here's what's wrong with the claim.
by Saul Cornell, Mike Spies via The Trace on November 24, 2015
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