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Anarchism vs. Marxism: The politics of Boots Riley’s ‘I’m a Virgo’
August 10, 2023It’s a fight as old as Marxism itself.
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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.
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Mississippi ‘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.
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Civil 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.
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African-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."
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