Culture
“Anthracite Fields” earns Pulitzer for music about Pennsylvania coal miners
March 8, 2016The working class has gained a new champion in the concert hall with the rise of composer Julia Wolfe.
Read more2016 “Socialist Register” takes aim at politics of the global right
March 4, 2016The Socialist Register has once again demonstrated why, after 52 years, it remains one of the premier international academic journals of the left.
Read moreProgies honor transsexuals, feminists, card-carrying Communists and more in film
February 29, 2016The Progies honor films that stand up for human, worker, and women's rights, gay rights, minority rights, peace, the environment, and against fascism.
Read moreThis week in history: Hattie McDaniel, first African American Oscar winner
February 29, 2016On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Read more“Race” and “Risen”: Two films, two very different kinds of hero
February 29, 2016What does it mean to be a hero? What can we learn from our heroes? How shall we treat them?
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