After the Capitol Riot, Who Will Govern Speech Online?

Plus: The Tragedy at Buffalo Creek [] To ensure delivery of your JSTOR Daily please add daily@jstor.org to your address book. [] Weekly Digest [Web Version](6b51/ct0_0/1/m?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] 6b51/ct1_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [The Tragedy at Buffalo Creek](6b51/ct1_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Jeffrey Webb [] On the morning of February 26, 1972, the failure of three coal slurry dams let loose a tidal wave of destruction upon the Buffalo Creek hollow in Logan County, West Virginia. With little warning to residents, more than 130 million gallons of dark floodwaters tore through more than a dozen communities in the hollow. By the day's end, hundreds of homes and vehicles were destroyed, thousands were left homeless, and 125 men, women, and children were dead. The flood, known as the Buffalo Creek disaster, is considered one of the worst disasters in both American and Mountain State history. [] [Read More](6b51/ct1_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct2_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [How Rock against Racism Fought the Right](6b51/ct2_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Ashawnta Jackson [] A rising tide of violence and bigotry in the 1970s infected the British music scene. A group of musicians organized to resist. [Read more...](6b51/ct2_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct3_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [After the Capitol Riot, Who Will Govern Speech Online?](6b51/ct3_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Eric Schewe [] Protecting democracy from the power of free speech seems like a paradox. However, free speech on the internet has never truly been free. [Read more...](6b51/ct3_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct4_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [How Civil Rights Groups Used Photography for Change](6b51/ct4_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Ashawnta Jackson [] As one activist said, “If our story is to be told, we will have to write it and photograph it and disseminate it ourselves.” [Read more...](6b51/ct4_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] ADVERTISEMENT [] Whether you're a new or longtime JSTOR Daily reader, we invite you to be a part of our future. Join our membership today—even $3 a month would mean so much. [Become a member.](6b51/ct5_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct6_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [The Murder Ballad Was the Original True Crime Podcast](6b51/ct6_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Jody Amable [] The 1896 version of crime sensationalism also taught the victim-blaming lesson “Stay Sexy, Don't Get Murdered.” [Read more...](6b51/ct6_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct7_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [What Was the Zanj Rebellion?](6b51/ct7_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Mohammed Elnaiem [] A remarkable episode of Medieval Islamic history that often goes untold. [Read more...](6b51/ct7_2/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] 6b51/ct8_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0 [] [The Art of Whaling](6b51/ct9_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] By Jessica Boyall [] From Public Domain Review: The 19th-century whale hunt was a brutal business, awash with blubber, blood, and the cruel destruction of life. But there was also time for making illustrations in logbooks and journals. [Read more...](6b51/ct9_1/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) [] [] [] Contact Us 101 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006, USA [daily.jstor.org](6b51/ct10_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) | daily@jstor.org | [@JSTOR_Daily](6b51/ct11_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) | [Facebook](6b51/ct12_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0) ©2004-2021 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. Interested in advertising with JSTOR Daily? [Contact us](6b51/ct13_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0). If you prefer not to receive email messages from JSTOR Daily in the future, you may [unsubscribe here](6b51/ct14_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3AiizNQbHh0).