arts and culture
This director could make you Communist: Trumbo’s ham sandwich ethics and Marxist art
March 4, 2025The legacy of the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo has shifted in the past decade. His work and philosophy offer guidance today.
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‘These Shining Lives’: Women fight back against radium poisoning on the job
March 3, 2025The pace steps up as with each turn of their workplace disease, the women are forced to overcome expected demeanors of shyness and humility if they are to pursue justice.
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‘Four Women in Red’: Where are the missing and murdered Indigenous women?
February 27, 2025Indigenous women are currently facing an epidemic of violence, with some of the highest rates of physical and sexual violence in the nation.
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Crime novelist Dennis Broe recounts Hollywood’s 1950s ‘Dark Ages’ and lessons for now
February 26, 2025The Dark Ages by Dennis Broe is a noir murder mystery. It’s about a time when people with money influenced people with political power to restructure the United States economy for their own benefit.
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‘The Aunties’ explores Black liberation, climate activism, and Harriet Tubman’s legacy
February 25, 2025The documentary connects climate justice, land stewardship, and cultural preservation themes through the love story of elder Black gay women climate activists.
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