#BlackLivesMatter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
What active citizenship can look like and what it can accomplish
Tears and Laughter for Naomi Weisstein
A report from the memorial in New York City
Long a fixture of progressive culture in New York City, The New School opened its doors on September 20, 2015 to host a memorial celebration of the life, achievements, and activist causes of the remarkable Naomi Weisstein. Weisstein, who died last March at age 75, was a pathbreaking neuroscientist, woman in science, radical feminist, humorist, and co-founder of an all-women’s rock band (the Chicago Women’s Liberation Rock Band), before …