TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

(Photo from Associated Press) The month following the first presidential debate has been a whirlwind of significant events, shaping this election cycle into a compelling, chaotic, and dynamic narrative. From the shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump to Joe Biden's official withdrawal from the presidential race and the subsequent emergence of Vice President Kamala Harris as a presidential candidate, each development has added a new layer to the current political landscape.  Vice President Kamala Harris is now the sole contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, as the critical deadline passed on Tuesday evening without any other candidates qualifying . Her journey to the top of a Presidential ticket has been long and includes a life full of public service, including her time as a prosecutor in San Francisco and as the Attorney General of California. She is also the first Black & Asian woman to ever lead a major party ticket and if elected,...

It’s less than a week until midterm elections in America: Democrats and Republicans are ramping up their efforts to epic heights as the balance of power across both aisles is still anyone’s game. Every major race is dead even in the polls or within reach for either party. But today we pour through TheArchive not for prognostication but rather a sense of grounding around the critical need for free and fair elections and what it took so many Americans to gain that access. Into Light is the life story of legendary women’s rights activist and suffragette Inez Milholland. A prison reformer and crusader for African American equality, Milholland was a leading American suffragist who paved the way for the 19th Amendment’s ratification. This timely film about turn of the century suffragette Inez Milholland is set just four years before the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. It celebrates Milholland’s rise to social action prominence through her aggressive fight to, against all odds, rally s...