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Trumpian threat to democracy raises stakes for 2018 elections
February 15, 2018The American people face a crisis of governance and threat to democracy unlike any in our history. The stakes couldn’t be higher in the outcome of the 2018 elections.
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“Israel in Egypt”: A Handel oratorio propagandizes for colonialism and war
February 15, 2018The context for this problematic work, subject to pointed discussion on musical, historical, political, theological and territorial grounds, has to be more transparent. Vague references to the generalized global exile and refugee experience simply looks like...
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Steelworkers demand Trump restore aid to workers hurt by cheap imports
February 15, 2018“It’s disconcerting the administration is de-funding a program that helps workers who lose their jobs to unfair foreign trade, we’ll fight like hell to keep it, and Congress is our backstop on that.”
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“Water by the Spoonful”: Play overruns with compassion
February 15, 2018Quiara Alegría Hudes is a multi-talented creative force: a pianist and composer, lyricist and playwright. Knowing music as well as she does, she chose a particular musical form or genre for each of the "Elliot Trilogy"...
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Before big union crowd, parade of pols trashes Trump
February 14, 2018Never let it be said that supposedly progressive congressional Democrats miss a chance before big union crowds to trash Donald Trump.
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