Culture
John Brown’s maid: Brown as buffoon in ‘The Good Lord Bird’ vs. Brown as radical in ‘Underground’
December 7, 2020The last two episodes of Ethan Hawkes' recounting of the John Brown story have some emotional resonance.
Read moreREVIEW: ‘Ballad of an American’—Civil rights giant Paul Robeson’s illustrated bio
December 4, 2020Actor, athlete, singer, anti-fascist fighter, and defender of democracy—Paul Robeson did it all.
Read moreHow capitalism underdeveloped Appalachia: The economic truth ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ ignores
December 1, 2020It’s a tough trip for J.D. Vance and the viewer, but as the ride bumps along, it stays safely above the larger issues that actually shape the afflictions of Appalachia.
Read more5G and ‘Biohackers’: Technology rules! (Is that a good thing?)
November 30, 2020What could go wrong? Plenty, say 5G critics in France.
Read moreA statue in verse for Friedrich Engels’s partner Mary Burns
November 25, 2020There can be little doubt that Mary Burns was instrumental in introducing Engels to the horrendous conditions of the Manchester proletariat. She knew intimately the conditions of families at work and in their typhus- and cholera-stricken...
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