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“Dancer in the Revolution”: Memoir of Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist
February 12, 2015History is a curious thing, full of drama, intrigue, plot twists, misadventures. Howard "Stretch" Johnson's memoir is similarly curious.
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Radical dude: Figaro unbound
February 12, 2015L.A. Opera has launched "a city-wide celebration of the revolutionary spirit of Beaumarchais' "Figaro."
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Today in African American history: Birthday of writer Alice Walker
February 9, 2015The writer and activist Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944 in Putnam County, Georgia.
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Obama and the politics of outrage
February 9, 2015Some of the commentary from the left on President's Obama's recent State of the Union address struck me as too negative, even cynical in a few instances.
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Oakland examines racial disparities, police misconduct
February 9, 2015The Oakland City Council has begun a new process to examine racial disparities in the city's economy and criminal justice system.
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