Analysis
Roseanne failed to capture spirit of the U.S. working class
June 6, 2018The portrayal of white working-class families as having no political consciousness is played out and lazy.
Read moreWe can change an unjust immigration policy
June 6, 2018If you think this isn't possible, remember that a decade after Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act.
Read moreIraq elections: A step toward rebuilding popular power
May 30, 2018A growing progressive alliance, recovering its oil wealth, could make Iraq a country to be envied by its neighbors instead.
Read moreOn many questions, Germany nears the proverbial fork in the road
May 29, 2018But there is another earnest road fork in Germany, with equal dangers in the long run. It is the increasing threat of a fascist track!
Read moreHenry and problem parenting in ‘The Americans’
May 7, 2018Remember Henry Jennings? The intelligent, if unobservant, son of super spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, he’s known all along that his parents are not easy to understand.
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