Culture
Today in labor history: Beethoven’s music belongs to all of us
December 16, 2013He was a brilliant pianist and one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
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American Latino Museum could be “beacon for the planet”
December 16, 2013The Smithsonian National American Latino Museum, already 20 years in the planning, will be a reality some day, but no one can say when.
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Six shows with substance coming to television
December 16, 2013The recent qualitative drop in Hollywood films has left a "creativity vaccuum," which is now being filled on the small screen.
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What does Wonder Woman mean for 2015?
December 9, 2013Gal Gadot, a relatively unknown Jewish Israeli actress, has been cast in the role of Wonder Woman. Some are pondering what a female superhero means in modern times.
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Today in labor history: Germans ponder “All Quiet on the Western Front”
December 5, 2013On December 5, 2010, hundreds left a movie theater in Berlin, mostly silent and deeply moved, though the film they had seen was first released in 1930.
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