Culture

Few happy endings, but much food for thought

November 23, 2009 By Bill Meyer

From troubled teens to murders in a maquiladora town, new films reflect the growing pressures of surviving in today's economic climate.

Yip Harburg, ‘Wizard of Oz’ songwriter & socialist

November 16, 2009 By Pepe Lozano

There is much to be told about the message of the holiday classic, "Wizard of Oz," beginning with its Oscar-winning lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg.

Online campaign targets Murdoch on Fox racism

November 12, 2009 By Susan Webb

A campaign by ColorOfChange.org is targeting Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch for backing race-baiting attacks on President Obama by Fox's Glenn Beck.

More thoughts about Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism’

October 29, 2009 By Charles Marowitz

Moore is the closest thing we have to a contemporary Tom Paine.

Powerful films progressives will want to see

October 28, 2009 By Bill Meyer

Stunning, engrossing, loaded with political awareness, new films deal with compelling topics, from Daniel Ellsberg to Darwin, from Nanking to Haiti, from New York garment workers to the London subway bombings.