television
‘From Here/From There’ (De Aqui/de Alla): The Extraordinary Journey of Luis Cortes Romero
June 17, 2024PBS tells the story of the first undocumented attorney to argue a case before the Supreme Court.
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Spring global TV series preview: The good, the bad and the ‘interesting’
April 25, 2024What follows are a few global series worth watching in the coming months, along with a few that, no matter when they arrive, would not be worth watching, and a few that have at least a...
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‘The Invisible Shield’: Public health’s unseen (and underfunded) battle to save lives
March 5, 2024Catastrophe has always been the driving force behind the development of public health. PBS series ‘The Invisible Shield’ tells the tale.
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‘Killing It’: Before it kills us!
February 8, 2024One of the most trenchant recent critiques of late capitalism is Killing It, a droll television comedy show about killing Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades.
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Mr. Bates goes to London: The Post Office scandal exposed on a TV series
January 17, 2024The series is terrific at spotlighting, not only a particular miscarriage of justice, but also a more systematic attack on both the collectivity of workers in the service industry and the almost gloating sneer at their...
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