Culture
Arkansas bans children’s books on LGBTQ topics and racism; librarians and booksellers sue
June 2, 2023Censorship law could see librarians and booksellers jailed.
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‘Shiny Happy People’ review: Duggar doc exposes Christian fundamentalists danger
June 2, 2023The series becomes an all too real true-crime exploration into the world of Christian fundamentalists intent on ruling the world.
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‘Never-Ending Youth’: Urariano Mota’s novel-memoir of resistance to Brazilian fascism
June 2, 2023Based on real people or composites of real people, Mota’s work offers snapshots of 1970s Brazil’s radical youth movement.
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‘Whittier Blvd.,’ Latino Theater Company’s Chicano Noir dystopia
June 1, 2023The play starts by reminding the audience that social justice issues were achieved via the struggles of the people of the past to bring about the civil rights of the present.
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East German author Katja Oskamp wins Dublin Literary Award with ‘Marzahn, Mon Amour’
June 1, 2023Oskamp writes with understanding and compassion, preserving and enacting the sense of solidarity and community that was a feature of GDR society.
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