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‘The Humans’: 2016 Tony Award-winning Best Play dissects American social decline

June 26, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Maybe just zeroing in on the problems of an inhumane society is enough to stir the conscience.

‘Lysistrata Unbound’: An ancient Greek sit-down sex strike

June 26, 2018 By Ed Rampell

One suspects that Aristophanes is smiling down from Mount Olympus upon this latest adaptation of his masterpiece.

Radical 1942 anti-fascist docu-drama ‘Native Land’ to screen in L.A.

June 25, 2018 By Special to People’s World

This classic 1942 pro-union, anti-racist, anti-fascist docu-drama was the final film by the leftist collective Frontier Films and of Paul Robeson.

Eco-messages abound in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’

June 22, 2018 By Ed Rampell

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s eco-theme raises it from being just a crowd pleasing special FX-laden spectacle to a more worthy movie meditation upon species going extinct.

For LGBTQ Pride Month: Poetry for the season

June 20, 2018 By Special to People’s World

We hope these selections from Gay & Lesbian Poetry in Our Time provide some fresh and welcome perspective.