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Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem
December 3, 2013The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.
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Honoring Grace Bassett, lifelong drum major for justice
November 27, 2013Our dear Grace was one of those drum majors for freedom and peace and we loved her for that.
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Mozart, propagandist, in new rendering of old classic
November 27, 2013The current version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute at Los Angeles Opera raises two essential artistic questions (plus, perhaps, eyebrows).
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“Arrow” takes aim at wealthy elite
November 27, 2013This show has, surprisingly, said a lot of things about corporate America that other heroes have been rather tight-lipped on.
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McBride’s “Good Lord Bird,” Packer’s “Unwinding”: National Book Award winners
November 27, 2013The Good Lord Bird, the adventures of a disguised black child caught up in John Brown's abolitionist crusade, was the winner of the National Book Award for fiction.
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