Culture
‘Fearless’ and ‘Perry Mason’: How to end and not end a season
August 27, 2020There was a lot of fanfare recently around the wrapping up of HBO’s remake of Perry Mason, which unfortunately has a botched ending.
Read moreAugust 28th online 65th anniversary reading of ‘The Ballad of Emmett Till’
August 26, 2020The Fountain Theatre has a long and esteemed history of producing and often premiering plays addressing the African-American experience, as well as other topics from a socially progressive standpoint.
Read moreHow Communist ‘popular front’ activism built a labor-community alliance that changed Detroit
August 24, 2020Rather than focusing on the CPUSA’s relation to the Soviet party—a favorite topic of historians—Ryan Pettengill has begun to unearth the everyday activities of rank-and-file Communists.
Read moreSubmitting Photos to People’s World: Basic Guidelines
August 21, 2020THE BASICS Guidelines for good photographs: 1. A clear subject or theme: Every image should tell a story or convey emotion. 2. Focused attention on the subject: person, place, event, or thing. The viewer’s eyes should...
Read more‘Black Suns’ at Louvre Lens: Coal mines transformed into gift shops
August 21, 2020This transformation is strikingly visible in the setting in which the painting is displayed, that is, in Lens’s transformation from mining to museum economy.
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