Danny Duncan Collum, a Sojourners contributing writer, teaches writing at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. He is the author of the novel White Boy.
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High Rollers On the Downside
How Drexel Burnham Lambert changed business in America
The Art of Commerce
One of my buddies from college is a poet. He also writes advertising copy.
Black to the Future
As the folks at Mazda are always reminding us, the 1980s-going-on-'90s are really the 1950s.
A Dream Come True
For the past eight years, the Solidarity-led opposition in Poland has carefully charted a course toward democracy and self-determination.
Flagged Out
There's something reassuring about the fact that the flag, the old Stars and Stripes, can still kick up so much popular controversy.
Nestle Boycott: The Sequel
As you might recall, in the late 1970s and early '80s, a broad international coalition of church, health-care, and community groups waged a 7-year-long campaign against Nestle S.A
Old Thinking and New Weapons
The month of August marks the 44th birthday of the nuclear age. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
The Real Deal on Dope
The usual rap on TV cop shows is that they trivialize real life-and-death matters into a glossy package of sanitized violence designed to sell soap and soda pop.
Paying the Savings and Loan Bill
When Mr. Bush came back to Washington, the crisis in the savings and loan industry finally emerged on the public agenda.
The Last Dear Abbie Letter
For this future cultural analyst, the legendary '60s were an after-school special.
Say a Prayer for the Salt of the Earth
Political philosophers tell us that one of the great driving forces of human history is the tension between individualism (or liberty) and community (or equality).
Someday in the far-distant future...
Someday in the far-distant future, some 23rd-century Mel Brooks may make a satirical film called The History of the World: Part MCXXXXVII.