Culture
Greg Kearney: Cartoons that make you smile…and vote
June 5, 2020Kearney, a political cartoonist, uses his pen to skewer extremists, an urgent necessity these days. His cartoons now appear regularly in People’s World.
Read moreNever alone: Five poems for a time of revolt
June 4, 2020The current wave of protests has reawakened a passion for social and racial justice, a passion often captured by the words of poets.
Read more‘On the Record’ documentary lays bare music industry racial and sexual politics
June 3, 2020During an election year when the role Black women play in society receives lots of attention, this documentary adds another rarely seen dimension to that discussion.
Read more‘This Is Why We Kneel’: Powerful music and graphics in new video
June 3, 2020The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles has released a new video to accompany their song, "Why We Kneel."
Read moreSerial TV and indignities of class: ‘Snowpiercer,’ ‘Normal People,’ ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
June 2, 2020One of the effects of the coronavirus crisis is the accentuation of already exacerbated class differences.
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