Culture
Seeking solutions to a violent society
July 23, 2012Americans are left pondering why and wondering what if anything can be done to stop it and also, 'how did this occur, and what caused it?'
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Hollywood hokum conquers all
July 23, 2012The films bridged the gap between completely unbelievable and utter nonsense, but they did it with admirable verve and commitment.
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New comic to dish the dirt on ocean pollution
July 11, 2012The Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of the Pacific Ocean filled with tons of plastic trash, which has increased exponentially.
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Today in history: Musicians targeted in anti-Communist witch-hunt
June 22, 2012On June 22, 1950, renowned musicians/performers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lena Horne, Pete Seeger and Artie Shaw were labeled as suspected "Communist sympathizers" in the infamous publication "Red Channels."
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“The Revolutionary” – an American in China’s Communist Party
June 18, 2012This is the story of a civil rights activist and union organizer who became a linguist, went to China after World War II, and joined the Chinese Communist revolution.
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