Race
Minnesota private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
March 30, 2016Issues of race, poverty, and justice bubbled to the surface in an emotional hearing in late March.
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“Madame Butterfly”: The racial/sexual politics of cross-cultural concubinage
March 30, 2016LA Opera's current production of Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" hits not only a homer, but a grand slam.
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Florida beach town says “no” to hate
March 21, 2016People in the small Florida town of New Smyrna Beach gathered Sunday, Mar. 13 for "Neighbors Together."
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Radical plots in our comics? Marvel goes there
March 16, 2016Marvel Comics has often used its fictional universe as an allegory for real-life politics.
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Football, race, and American socialism
February 25, 2016American football is full of metaphors and paradoxes. The NFL is the most socialistic framework and business model in all of professional sports.
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