Culture
‘Ballad of an American’: Composer Earl Robinson and working-class culture
April 27, 2022Best known for composing the music for songs like “The House I Live In,” “Joe Hill,” and “Black and White,” Earl Robinson’s music became a critical part of U.S. working-class culture in the 20th century.
Read moreGuernica
April 26, 2022There are a handful of pictures that may be said to be almost universally known. They include Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Picasso’s Guernica.
Read more‘The Northman’ is captivating but fails to reveal all its wonders
April 22, 2022This is a solid movie, make no mistake of that, but the full potential it could have embodied almost feels like an opportunity missed.
Read moreBetty Smith, longtime CPUSA leader and director of International Publishers, passes at 95
April 20, 2022Thanks in large part to Betty Smith, International Publishers survived the post-Soviet crisis. She was determined to keep Marxist literature present in classrooms and bookstores for the next generations to absorb.
Read moreAnti-Nazi drama ‘The Last Boy’ commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day at Manhattan’s Town Hall
April 19, 2022Broadway breakout star Bret Sherman says, “If the story of the Holocaust doesn’t get told, it will be lost to history.”
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