arts and culture
Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’: Euthanasia takes a holiday
January 6, 2025This is an excellently acted drama about a very serious subject—death, and how we face it.
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‘Soundtrack to a Coup D’État’ recounts the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
December 20, 2024Many progressives consider the assassination of the first Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba as among the earliest and certainly best known of the many regime change operations carried out by the U.S. empire.
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With health insurer greed in spotlight, Michael Moore brings back ‘Sicko’ movie
December 20, 2024The killing of United Healthcare’s CEO has sparked renewed discussion about America’s broken health insurance system.
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‘Cold War: A Love Story’: Novel takes us to 1960s-’70s revolutionary hotspots
December 19, 2024The author is especially effective in communicating the nature of his growing political commitment.
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Lear on the highway: Albert Maltz’s ‘The Journey of Simon McKeever’
December 18, 2024The scriptwriter, novelist, and blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten Albert Maltz was around 40 himself when he wrote his novel on aging, The Journey of Simon McKeever, first published in 1949.
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