Culture
Midterms spur old-school R&B group The O’Jays to political action
October 22, 2018“You almost have to say something. You almost have to get involved. I’ve never seen it this bad,” said one of the group's founders, Walter Williams, Sr.
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‘22 July’ displays the danger of right wing extremism
October 19, 2018Entertaining feels like the wrong word to describe this movie. Rather, effective seems more appropriate.
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‘In Dubious Battle’ will screen in L.A.
October 19, 2018The film treats a subject that is still all too relevant: the fight for a living wage.
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The nuclear-age ‘War of Nerves’ and ‘Red Shoes’ politics of dance
October 18, 2018The USSR may be long gone, but the devotion it poured into culture and the arts in still on view worldwide.
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Netflix feminists: Film on 1970s women’s movement shows work still to do
October 17, 2018In a perfect world, "Feminists: What Were They Thinking" would just be a nostalgic film about how women won equality in the past. But we live in the era of Trump.
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