Culture
New book illuminates history and contradictions of the early Black press
September 13, 2017Claude Barnett and the ANP welcomed left and communist support when expedient, but jettisoned it as the political winds shifted.
Read moreBook review: Rich depiction of Pacific NW and its people
September 5, 2017Many stories are from Tim’s youth on the family dairy farm in the Dungeness River Valley.
Read more“BALK!”: A fierce book of poems from the front lines of the class war
August 31, 2017Many poets would shy away from confronting the mess the right wing has made of America but not Al Markowitz. He lived these poems.
Read moreRed masquerade: Helping the FBI take down the Communist Party
August 31, 2017Long before the current occupant of the White House, his kindred spirits, like J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, were already vowing to "take their country back."
Read moreThe comedian as activist: Remembering Dick Gregory
August 31, 2017Gregory’s humor never preached, never condescended, never compromised.
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