Author: Serene Sargent

I make jewelry and try to read everything on the US Civil War and Reconstruction that comes out, (thereby knowing many smart people.) I know a bit of law, care about Beatles historiography and love the Nagras. Jane Austen whispered her Emma secrets to me across many miles and 200 years. ✨ My father was Bill Sargent, the Pay Per View Beatles guy. #DYRBRY

Harvard’s Bipartisan Congressional Orientation Under Fire For Being Too Corporate

Harvard’s Bipartisan Congressional Orientation Under Fire For Being Too Corporate Instead of just sitting quietly, some of the new progressive members protested, calling out the confab’s corporate viewpoints. The reaction from new members like Reps.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) preview the less deferential approach they’ll take to being members of Congress. Harvard’s orientation was done…

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“We shouldn’t have started something we didn’t want to finish”

Dak has a strong, Eastern Massachusetts accent. Sort of like Boston+. I only mention that because it adds a bit of flavor to some of her funnier remarks. We’ve been talking a little, here and there, about some of my obsessions, and she asks questions about Massachusetts’ place in American slavery. This morning we were…

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Reason 1 to do this thing

Reason 1 to do this thing: Tolanda Elizabeth. I really miss that African Queen. She was the absolute best. She told me I couldn’t just talk to everyone in the hood so she took me downtown to the shelter where a woman had just been tased to death in front of a huge crowd and…

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