Culture
Henry and problem parenting in ‘The Americans’
May 7, 2018Remember Henry Jennings? The intelligent, if unobservant, son of super spies Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, he’s known all along that his parents are not easy to understand.
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Celebrating Leonard Bernstein’s centennial: Music and politics in comprehensive exhibition
May 7, 2018After the Skirball presentation, the exhibition will continue to travel throughout the United States for the following two years.
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‘The Chinese Exclusion Act’: PBS documentary shows commonalities with current immigration struggles
May 4, 2018Current immigration debates revive echoes of the race-based system which defined U.S. immigration policy for well over half a century.
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The ecological fascism of Thanos in Marvel’s ‘Infinity War’
May 3, 2018With the power of the Infinity Gauntlet, why not create a reality where all beings have more than sufficient resources—is communist utopia in the Marvel universe possible?
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The children’s war continues for ‘The Americans’
May 3, 2018Too often, sons and daughters become tangled in battles not of their own making, whether in the Sudan, or Iraq, or here in the U.S.
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