Culture
‘Waking in Havana’: Good works on the AIDS front in Cuba
November 12, 2019Elena Schwolsky’s new book Waking in Havana: A Memoir of AIDS and Healing in Cuba is a well-written, moving account of her work as a nurse in Cuba’s HIV/AIDS prevention program.
Read more‘Poisoning Paradise’: Pierce Brosnan 007 hunts down agrichemical villains
November 8, 2019The ultimate Bond villain: Biotech companies such as Monsanto and DuPont, whose pesticides and GMO experimental projects are turning people into lab rats.
Read moreOverview of tenth anniversary DOC NYC Film Festival
November 7, 2019The DOC NYC Film Festival has now become the largest documentary film festival in the U.S. It screens over 300 films, including many U.S. and world premieres, and runs for 10 days, Nov. 6-15.
Read more‘The 7 Stages of Grieving’: An original Aboriginal Australian one-woman show
November 7, 2019As soon as the curtain lifts at the Skylight Theatre, "The 7 Stages of Grieving" kicks off with something most American audiences are likely to have never seen before in all of their theatergoing.
Read moreBreaking the class ceiling: New books challenge the meritocracy trap
November 6, 2019Often times, it’s the lucky breaks that already advantaged people enjoy that allow them to achieve even more success.
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