Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promises new hope for Mexico’s future
December 7, 2018The new President’s party, Morena, is a coalition of left of center political parties that aims to give a political voice to masses of Mexican people.
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This week in history: Pearl Harbor antecedents, the attack, consequences
December 7, 2018This remains relevant as we remember the attack and also the horrific internment of Japanese Americans that followed it.
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New York museum shows the art of obsessional conspiracy thinking
November 28, 2018“Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy” is the first museum exhibition on this subject, exploring how artists have dealt with this perennially provocative topic from 1969 to 2016.
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‘Queen of Sheba’ and ‘Bánk Bán,’ two Hungarian operas in NYC
November 26, 2018For three nights, Nov. 1-3, the Hungarian State Opera ruled the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with a roster of all-Hungarian operas.
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The second draft of history: California produces big for Democrats in midterms
November 26, 2018Journalism has been called “the first rough draft of history.” In this second draft, we see that California turned a lot more blue than it first appeared.
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Fifth graders compose and perform poignant songs about math and science
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ popular Christmas movie, great new American opera
November 20, 2018It’s a critical hit, written in a popular late Romantic and thoroughly American idiom, studded with little musical quotes from familiar holiday noels, high school graduation anthems, and the wild Mekee-Mekee that recalls the dance crazes...
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‘Invisible Hands’ documentary exposes global child labor and trafficking
November 19, 2018It will take a mass worldwide movement of revolutionary proportions to address and end the scourge of child labor and slavery.
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