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Trump hotels: “Pay Trump Bribes Here!”
June 19, 2017Unlike every other president, Trump has refused to divest himself of his businesses or to put them into a blind trust. He is raking in profits while occupying the White House.
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Artists vs. apparatchiks in Wajda’s last film “Afterimage”
May 31, 2017Wajda found a subject through which he could express his credo as an artiste—criticism of Stalinism.
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Seeing Guernica with clear eyes
April 26, 2017Picasso’s painting became a symbol of the struggle against fascism and imperialist war.
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Why Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theater matters: Creativity in the age of Trump
December 31, 2016Celebrating 40 years of Chicago's Black Ensemble Theater, the only theater in the U.S. whose mission is to eradicate racism.
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Art and Politics: New essays confound the received wisdom
December 9, 2016If you’re ready to "de-reify" your brain, read Joes Segal's new book.
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