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#OscarsSoWhite goes viral as Academy Awards nominations are announced

January 15, 2016 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Activist communities on the Internet had prepared for it: as it turned out, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was buzzing the morning of Jan. 14.

“The Big Short” in review: The fire next time

January 14, 2016 By Michael Berkowitz

The film version of Michael Lewis' non-fiction book "The Big Short" is a high percentage earner in the Great Recession sweepstakes.

This week in history: Jack London, writer, socialist, is born

January 14, 2016 By Special to People’s World

Jack London, novelist and passionate advocate of labor unions, socialism, and the rights of workers, was born 140 years ago.

Unpacking a trunk of new Soviet Yiddish songs: A self-interview

January 13, 2016 By Eric A. Gordon

"This is exhilarating. It's been a long time coming and I'm very proud of our work on it. It's been a highly collective process."

David Bowie, 1947-2016: Departure of the Cosmic Chameleon

January 13, 2016 By Frederick Barr

Bowie was an artist; a true original force that didn't stay still but progressed, shedding identities and modes of work and style to offer new canvases.