Class- and race-conscious and uncomfortably relevant, the politically charged horror franchise doesn’t just amount to a big-screen nightmare.
The teacher strikes, rallies and walkouts in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and elsewhere are a stunning reminder that socioeconomic class has always mattered in our public and private lives.
Our society descended from colonial Virginia's sinister caste system, in which race, class, labor and slavery were inextricably linked.
This seems to be the fate of the genre now: It must relate and appeal to 21st century notions of class, race and gender.
Under this concept, the left pretends class struggle is secondary to various other civil rights issues. In fact, it should be recognized as the unifying cause.
The pairing of actresses with working-class women at the Golden Globes was an inspiring show of how females can ally to fight sexual predation across disparate strata.
The American people deserve better than another television celebrity with zero political experience as their president.
The two discuss capitalism's inextricable links to race, gender and class, and how the U.S. left doesn't get the connections.
Heads have fallen aplenty, but what will it take to channel this sea change into a lasting cultural shift?
The events of the last year, culminating in the Trump/GOP tax bill, show that just revamping the "spirit" of our corporate totalitarian state wouldn't do much good.
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