Erick Trickey

Aug 23, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Erick Trickey

The square outside Notre-Dame Cathedral, usually empty early on a Saturday morning, filled with hundreds of policemen on August 19, 1944, all of them converging on the fortress-like Prefecture of Police headquarters. A flag unfurled atop the building: the blue, white and red French tricolor, banned by Paris’ German occupiers and last flown officially four years prior. The French police, on strike against the occupation, had returned, this time in revolt. Paris’ uprising against the Nazis had begun.

Feb 6, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Erick Trickey

Within months of the war’s end, in late 1865, several Southern states had held elections for state legislatures and Congress — with only White men voting. They had been encouraged by Johnson, a white supremacist and former enslaver from Tennessee whom Abraham Lincoln had picked as his 1864 running mate to broaden his appeal and project national unity.

Jan 29, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Erick Trickey

The Lobzter King and his friends are planning a menu for a restaurant they’re calling The Mix: “Other than just lobster,” Adams says, “it might be lobster and lamb chops. It might be lobster and steak. It might be catfish and grits. We are going to start doing brunches with chicken and waffles.” They’re planning to bring in new furniture, 120 seats inside and another 40 to 60 seats on two outdoor patios.

Aug 21, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Erick Trickey

A lot has changed since those early days. This June, when Evans and his co-owner opened a second Pure Oasis in Boston’s Financial District, the vibe was totally different than all those dog-years ago. And he’s nervous. “It’s actually very, very scary,” Evans says.

Aug 10, 2023 | news.northeastern.edu | Erick Trickey

Published on August 10, 2023Amílcar Antonio Barreto’s political education began in his grandfather’s ice cream parlor in Puerto Rico. Now, he brings his passion for his home country’s complicated politics to studying global nationalism. Amílcar Antonio Barreto’s political education began in his grandfather’s ice cream parlor. That’s not on his CV. Officially, Barreto’s political education began at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico in San Juan.