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Sex, rock ‘n’ roll, and baseball: Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!”
April 7, 2016Amidst the drink, drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll and baseball are funny sight gags, revealing a slapstick sensibility.
Read moreFrom the People’s World archives: “Law and order” – the Mississippi way
April 7, 2016In 1963, the following article appeared in the pages of The Worker, a predecessor publication of People's World . . .
Read moreSeeing Guernica with clear eyes
April 4, 2016Understanding what the great Picasso was telling us about the struggle to defeat fascism - I have carried that lesson with me my entire life.
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. and the attack on public workers
April 4, 2016As we celebrate the life and historic contributions of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., public workers are under fierce attack across the country.
Read moreThis week in history: Poll tax abolished 50 years ago
April 4, 2016A three-judge federal court at Jackson, Miss., outlawed Mississippi's $2 poll tax as a voting requirement for state and federal elections.
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