Analysis
Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”: A shocking protest against capitalist barbarism
May 19, 2016It's a product of the post-World War I Expressionist school, with exaggerated characters, writ in bold strokes, often with harsh, mordant commentary.
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Stopping Trump at the top of the peoples’ agenda
May 18, 2016Donald Trump is an incipient fascist. It's time for the pundits to stop beating around the bush.
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Opium of the masses? Religion and 21st century socialism
May 18, 2016There cannot be many socialist movements in the world today that are avowedly, militantly atheist. Those days are over.
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Admitting defeat, Oklahoma Republicans to request Obamacare Medicaid money
May 17, 2016With an economy in crisis, Governor Mary Fallin and Sooner State Republicans are engaged in a dramatic about-face on Obamacare and Medicaid expansion.
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“Measures of despair”: Chicago desperate for action on violence and poverty
May 16, 2016A poll just released depicts a city that is losing faith in its basic public institutions, from the police to the mayor's office.
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