Culture
Black superheroes forever changed comic books
December 17, 2013Adilifu Nama's Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes does a great job of introducing many of today's comic book fans with the history of African Americans in comic books and pop culture generally.
Read more“1913 Massacre”: Great movie about Michigan tragedy
December 16, 20131913 Massacre is a touching documentary that revisits the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet in the northern tip of Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913.
Read moreToday in labor history: Beethoven’s music belongs to all of us
December 16, 2013He was a brilliant pianist and one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
Read more“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is stunning must-see
December 16, 2013"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" is visually stunning, unfolding professionally within a familiar bio-pic template.
Read moreAmerican Latino Museum could be “beacon for the planet”
December 16, 2013The Smithsonian National American Latino Museum, already 20 years in the planning, will be a reality some day, but no one can say when.
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