Culture
‘Vida’ on Starz: Fighting gentrification ‘but with a little sex’
September 15, 2020All over the news today is what amounts to articles about a new kind of white flight, but this time which is also a COVID flight from cities to rural areas and the suburbs.
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New book explores and praises Cuban health care for the people
September 14, 2020Don Fitz’s book brings together information on Cuba’s Revolution and Cuba’s brand of health care; it communicates a vision of progressive social change. Clearly written and easily read, it deserves a wide audience.
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‘Gather’: Despite America’s history of violence, Indigenous food sovereignty carries on
September 11, 2020Overall, what is powerful about Gather is that it doesn’t just focus on the devastation, but the rebuilding.
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‘The Boys’ take on corporate superheroes for hire in comic TV adaptation
September 9, 2020The Boys is rip-roaring action fun, but also a very dark comedic look at U.S. corporate capitalism and mass-media politics.
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‘Crash Landing on You’: An axis of evolution
September 8, 2020A romantic comedy about North Korea? The country that wants to bomb us back to the stone age?
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