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Intersectional play ‘All Things Considered’: ‘We’re not in Jamaica any more’
August 9, 2023Gordon’s play is very contemporary, taking on controversial, difficult topics involving national and cultural identity and more.
Read moreMississippi ‘Death Squad’: Six racist cops plead guilty to torturing two Black men
August 8, 2023The terror began with a call for extrajudicial violence straight out of the days of the Klan South: A white man told police two Black men were staying in a home with a white woman.
Read moreCivil rights icon George W. Crockett Jr. honored with a new biography
August 8, 2023George Crockett and Ernie Goodman formed the country’s first integrated law firm. Both are legends and, each in their own way, models for what it means to be a radical lawyer.
Read moreAfrican-American composer Florence Price receives her due on new CD
August 7, 2023"She switches between soulful, traditional American folk melodies, and modern takes on late-Romantic harmonic idioms."
Read moreThe working-class legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
August 7, 2023I hope others will discover what I did: the historical legacy and sacrifice of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade offers us a blueprint to build a newer world.
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