Culture
‘The Chinese Exclusion Act’: PBS documentary shows commonalities with current immigration struggles
May 4, 2018Current immigration debates revive echoes of the race-based system which defined U.S. immigration policy for well over half a century.
Read moreThe ecological fascism of Thanos in Marvel’s ‘Infinity War’
May 3, 2018With the power of the Infinity Gauntlet, why not create a reality where all beings have more than sufficient resources—is communist utopia in the Marvel universe possible?
Read moreThe children’s war continues for ‘The Americans’
May 3, 2018Too often, sons and daughters become tangled in battles not of their own making, whether in the Sudan, or Iraq, or here in the U.S.
Read more‘Jimmy’s Carwash Adventure’: A children’s bilingual introduction to worker justice
May 3, 2018This is a timely, welcome contribution to the growing literature for children about labor in America.
Read moreAmerican socialist Eugene Victor Debs given his due in new documentary
May 2, 2018There are a couple of well researched biographies out there, to which readers might turn, but a fine place to start is right here in this packed and impactful documentary.
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