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Mark Twain on revolution
Last week I watched Ken Burns’ latest documentary about the great American author Mark Twain. It was a fascinating portrait…
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How to Train Your Dragon 2: racist and pro-peace don’t mix
I just saw How to Train Your Dragon 2 with my four-year-old. He was riveted. The story of familial love…
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Straight outta racist Hollywood
July 17, a casting call for the new biopic of NWA, Straight Outta Compton, has been making the rounds on the internet.…
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Nadine Gordimer and her eternal spring
July 14, 2014 Reprinted from Antiterroristas As a child, Nadine Gordimer discovered literature in the library of Springs, a small…
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Art and activism on display in Sacramento
The school to prison pipeline effects millions of young people each year and is one of the driving factors behind…
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Reader’s thoughts on Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Presente!
"...literary sophistication with a revolutionary perspective"
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Los aparceros en Alabama: Comunismo y la resistencia afroamericana en los 30
“Martillo y Azada”, un libro escrito en 1990 por el historiador Robin D.G. Kelley, es una crónica del desarrollo del…
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Celebrating the life of Pete Seeger
Seeger was part of a generation of U.S. folk musicians, alongside Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Malvina Reynolds and others who devoted…
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Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo
Thousands came together to honor the rich history of Haudenosaunee and the significance of lacrosse for the Six Nations: Seneca,…
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Detroit bankruptcy plunders city’s art treasures
Is there a contradiction between protecting workers' pensions and preserving publicly owned art? Speaking back to the lie that there…
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