Culture
Patricia McKissack, author of African-American children’s books, dies
April 12, 2017“To me, reading is like breathing; both are essential to life.”—Patricia C. McKissack
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“I: Witness”: An uplifting look at Chicano history in Los Angeles
April 12, 2017The actors created a palpable sense of urgency reflecting the tumultuous 1960s.
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“The Encounter”: High-tech storytelling about a no-tech culture
April 11, 2017Like any gripping narrative of adventure, the thrill is in the telling.
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This week: The cry of the Canaanites is heard at Passover
April 10, 2017“Can we transform the dream of a Promised Land into the reality of a land that is truly promised to all?”
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Marx, psychiatry, and national liberation come together in Fanon bio
April 5, 2017To ‘New Leftists’, few authors and revolutionaries loom as large as Frantz Fanon. His most well-known book, The Wretched of the Earth, is a mainstay of left literature.
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