arts and entertainment

Documentary shows a “different” side of Fidel

January 27, 2012 By Tim Pelzer

Oliver Stone interviews Fidel Castro on a wide range of issues.

Left on the bookshelf: “Blacks, Reds and Russians”

January 24, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

There is a much less known story of another group of immigrants who sought freedom and opportunity, but it wasn't to America but to the Soviet Union that they fled.

Movies you might have missed: “Mondays in the Sun”

January 11, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

Despite the often-depressing vignettes of the characters' plight, the story is ultimately one of the pride and dignity of the working class.

Woody Guthrie’s gift to American culture

January 9, 2012 By J. Shepherd

This year marks the centennial of the birth of Woody Guthrie, perhaps one of the most influential songwriters and performers of the 20th century.

He is gone from you now … reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 9, 2012 By Sotere Torregian

"Around 1968," Jackson says, "my parents were working at pretty good jobs, in a factory. Now there are no more jobs. What would Dr. King think of that?"