Culture
‘The Ascent’: 1970s Soviet film affirms deeply human values in dangerous times
June 10, 2020The Ascent is not the type of movie you would expect about World War II—or the Great Patriotic War, as it was known in the Soviet Union where the film was made.
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Black teenager shot by white cop: The play ‘Scraps’ for home viewing
June 9, 2020In a provocative mash-up of poetry, realism, and expressionism, Scraps boldly chronicles how the family and friends of a black teenager shot by a white police officer struggle to cope in the aftermath.
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Charles Dickens put ordinary people at the heart of the story
June 8, 2020Dickens never forgot how his father was imprisoned for debts and that the financial circumstances of his family forced him to leave school at the age of 12 and work a 10-hour day in a blackening...
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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.
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Never 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.
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