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‘The Clemency of Titus,’ Mozart’s morality play about the enlightened leader
March 7, 2019Mozart’s The Clemency of Titus (La Clemenza di Tito), dramatizes part of the life and reign of the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus.
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The 1968 L.A. high school walkout celebrated in new student-written oratorio
March 5, 2019What if you attended a high school where you were forbidden to use your own native language (even though it’s one that was taught as a subject there)?
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To beat fascism, you need an alternative: Lessons from the 1930s
February 27, 2019Fascism is the enemy, not the individuals who are attracted to the fascist flag in the absence of convincing alternatives.
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This week in history: Grand Canyon National Park turns 100
February 25, 2019"The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison—beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world."
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Remembering Don Newcombe and the fight against Jim Crow baseball
February 22, 2019In memory of Don Newcombe, People’s World’s reprints a feature story on him and Roy Campanella from a 1946 edition of the Daily Worker.
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