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New book about Alger Hiss revives Cold War mythology

May 9, 2012 By Frederick Barr

As Rep. Allen West proved with his channeling of the late Sen. Joe McCarthy recently, the Red Scare echoes endure within American culture.

Guthrie still lives in Minnesota

May 4, 2012 By Steve Share

Many grow up learning to sing "This Land Is Your Land," but you likely didn't learn the little-known verses with Guthrie's critique of inequality.

In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner

May 1, 2012 By Ben Markeson

The Orlando chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will focus on building support for freedom for political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has spent 31 years in federal institutions.

Billy Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista

April 25, 2012 By Jim Jump

Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.

Germany aggrieved about Günter Grass

April 24, 2012 By Victor Grossman

Günter Grass, a Nobel Literature Prize winner, causes anger and excitement with his poem "What Must Be Said". And the subject matter is war and peace.