Culture
Alternative media vs. the corporate press: An illustrative case study in 1950s L.A.
March 29, 2024The battle between the people’s press and capitalist mouthpieces has been raging for decades.
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‘The Bespoke Overcoat’: Gogol’s giggles, ghosts and class struggle
March 28, 2024A theatrical adaptation of “The Overcoat,” a short story written in 1842 by the Ukrainian-born Nikolai Gogol, who along with Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gorky is one of the most renowned contributors to Russian literature.
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Laos: A People’s Democratic Republic travelogue
March 27, 2024Next year will mark half a century since Laos won its independence from imperialism.
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‘Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal’
March 25, 2024There is much to be learned from the most calamitous environmental disaster in American History—so far.
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Pan African Film Festival 2024: ‘Moments,’ ‘Maharlika,’ and ‘Black Best Friend’
March 21, 2024The L.A. premiere of writer/director Malachi Rivers’s Moments shatters stereotypes regarding African Americans in his 9-episode digital series of shorts that are each under 13 minutes long.
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