Culture
On the bicentennial of Shelley’s death: Evolution of a working-class poet
July 12, 2022Next to Burns, Shelley had the greatest influence on 19th-century working-class literature in England. His vision applies undiminished today.
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‘Open Your Window,’ from the newly published Brazilian novel ‘Never-Ending Youth’
July 12, 2022People’s World readers are invited to enjoy a chapter from the recently published novel "Never-Ending Youth," about the young generation's resistance against the Brazilian military régime in the early 1970s.
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Is ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ a gigantic Broadway ‘afterschool special?’
July 7, 2022The performance is riveting, with fine delivery all around.
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‘The Braille Legacy’: Musical stars an all-blind cast
July 6, 2022History was made last weekend when a musical about the inventor of the Braille alphabet that first premiered in London at the Savory and Charing Cross Theatre in 2017, received its American premiere.
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How to organize a union: ‘The Porter’ and Black service industry militancy
July 6, 2022A joint production of the public Canadian Broadcasting Company and BET+, 'The Porter,' about the organization of the first Black union in North America, is exactly the series we need right now.
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