Filmmaker Raoul Peck struggles to find tension in his look at the communist founder’s salad days.
The tale of Jesus’ birth is not for oppressors. It is for the oppressed. And what is quaint and picturesque to those who live in privilege is visceral and empowering to those the world condemns.
Want to make America great? Demand an end to war—at home and abroad—as Martin Luther King Jr. did.
In one year, the Donald Trump regime has wrought immense damage to democracy, culture and thought. But there’s new hope.
The Los Angeles Press Club honors Paul Von Blum in the Books/Art/Design category for "his excellent critical analysis [and] incisive commentary." Also honored are columnist Chris Hedges and critic Jordan Riefe.
Recent attempts to quash the freedom to speak reflect the know-nothing intolerance afflicting this nation.
Tolupans have been struggling to save ancestral lands from miners and loggers since a U.S.-supported junta took control of the country.
At this frightening moment in American history—with a racist in the White House and amid rising levels of racial hatred—there is no more important writer than Baldwin.
Musical artist Stew’s ode to the literary icon is particularly welcome now, when Baldwin's words have taken on fresh significance.
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a risk with his national-anthem protest against injustice in the U.S. Now other athletes are joining him, as are countless other Americans who want to overturn the status quo. Their courage can make all the difference.
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