Culture
Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism
February 26, 2016Gerald Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with a newly published biography.
Read more“Striking Gridiron”: A touchdown for readers
February 26, 2016"Striking Gridiron" is based on the 1959 undefeated season of the Braddock High School football Tigers.
Read moreBringing Eleanor Roosevelt’s lover Lorena Hickok out of the shadows
February 26, 2016The play's frank assertion that Hick and Eleanor were lovers represents a departure from earlier dramatizations of their relationship.
Read more“I kill a man…/I love a man…”: The Emile Griffith jazz opera
February 24, 2016Of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended over a lifetime, rarely have I been so emotionally stirred as I was by this one.
Read moreProgressive cinema: “Angel of Nanjing”
February 23, 2016The film shows how love for life and people can drive a person in a country of over a billion to exercise compassion for his fellow humans.
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