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Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
2021
Purple and yellow illustration of Lower Manhattan skyline, with letters of "Manahata" as buildings.

How New York Was Named

For centuries, settlers pushed Natives off the land. But they continued to use indigenous language to name, describe, and anoint the world around them.
by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro via The New Yorker
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on April 13, 2021
Soccer match in a stadium

Beautiful Games?

Corruption. Racism. Misogyny. Capitalism. The world’s sport, beloved for spreading joy, is also full of the world’s problems. All the more reason to watch.
by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro via Public Books on June 7, 2018

A New View of Grenada’s Revolution

The documentary, "The House on Coco Road" tells the little-known story of Grenada's revolution and subsequent U.S. invasion.
by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro via New York Review of Books
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on July 26, 2017
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