Culture
Today in history: “BaddDDD” black poet Sonia Sanchez is born
September 9, 2015Since the 1970s Sanchez has published a steady stream of poetry books and plays.
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Decolonize the land: Native people welcome Mt. Denali name change
September 3, 2015President Obama announced that his administration would change the name of Mt. McKinley to its original Indigenous name, Denali, a word that means "High One" in Athabascan.
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Artists to link up Sept. 26 for world peace and justice
September 2, 2015In Oakland, Cassandra Lopez and the We Tell Our Stories Film Collective will be contributing to the event with their documentary.
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“Gendering Radicalism” tells important story of women and communism
August 28, 2015We can't write about the California Communist Party without writing about the women leaders who led it from its birth until the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Two kids reclaim the world in new opera “Second Nature”
August 27, 2015May "Second Nature" find a second production in another community soon. It's a remarkable work.
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