Culture
What is Hanukkah really all about?
December 12, 2017There’s no mystery in understanding why Jews, and perhaps most peoples, celebrate a holiday of light at the time of the winter solstice.
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The Koch brothers are killing the people of Crossett, Arkansas
December 12, 2017The Arkansas tourism bureau might call it “The Natural State,” but no one goes to Crossett down in Ashley County for the nature.
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Actor/activist James Cromwell continues anti-fracking fight
December 11, 2017"This is the federal government under Trump undermining states’ rights. Washington is overruling a state decision to stop construction."
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Compelling documentary films screened at Toronto Festival
December 8, 2017"One can not live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world."
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“For Those Who Came After”: Classic Spanish Civil War songs reimagined
December 7, 2017Among the International Brigades that came to offer their lives in the struggle, there arose songs that traveled far and wide. Now, they are reimagined for a new audience.
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