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Controversial Aloha co-stars Hawaiian independence leader
June 1, 2015A lynch mob is attacking writer/director Cameron Crowe's new movie "Aloha," which opened May 29.
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The fetishism of commodities: “Mad Men,” capitalism, and its discontents
June 1, 2015What made "Mad Men" arguably the greatest dramatic series in American TV history is that there was a method to its madness.
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Confederate flag buried belatedly in Florida
June 1, 2015A park was the scene here on Memorial Day (May 25) of a symbolic ceremony of burial for the Confederate flag.
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Today in history: LGBT Pride Month!
June 1, 2015Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, being subjected to routine anti-homosexual harassment, fought back in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement.
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“Death in the Congo” highlights obscure subject: African liberation
May 29, 2015"Death in the Congo" is an important book because it fills a void, but it could have illuminated more.
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