Culture
Study reveals massive online sexual harassment of women, cyberbullying, and worse
March 7, 2025National Organization of Women, in report issued just before International Women’s Day, says the attacks are widespread across the country.
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Ina Wood, the Oklahoma Communist feminist who inspired the folk anthem ‘Union Maid’
March 7, 2025Before Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger became folk legends, an Oklahoma Communist named Ina Wood pushed them to write a union song for women.
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Heinrich Mann’s ‘The Loyal Subject’: A sharp analysis of power and submission
March 6, 2025Heinrich Mann, the elder brother of Thomas Mann, and in his own right one of the most significant German writers of the 20th century, died in exile in California 75 years ago, on March 11, 1950.
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Winners of the Los Angeles 2025 Progie Theater Awards are announced
March 5, 2025The Progie Theater Awards are the “un-Tony,” the people’s “alternative Tony Awards” that honor Los Angeles area plays and stage talents of conscience and consciousness.
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This director could make you Communist: Trumbo’s ham sandwich ethics and Marxist art
March 4, 2025The legacy of the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo has shifted in the past decade. His work and philosophy offer guidance today.
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