"Labor’s Home Front": the AFL in World War II
The history of labor during wartime is an enticing subject, the history of labor during World War II especially so.
Jewish-African American partnership in new documentary “Rosenwald”
Aviva Kempner's new documentary is the story of the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to become head of Sears and Roebuck.
Today in history: Writer Ken Kesey born in 1935
Kesey is best remembered for his novels "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"and"Sometimes a Great Notion."
“Meet the Patels" is about an immigrant marriage mania
Its unidirectional drive makes it too predictable, although viewers will certainly laugh and enjoy themselves.
Today in history: Critic, playwright, Brecht translator Eric Bentley born
As Eric Bentley turns 99 and enters his 100th year, he is recognized as America's oldest living playwright.
Should you see “The Book of Mormon”?
"The Book of Mormon," the musical, has been playing on Broadway to rave reviews since March 2011.
Today in history: "BaddDDD" black poet Sonia Sanchez is born
Since the 1970s Sanchez has published a steady stream of poetry books and plays.
“Lincoln for Beginners”: illustrated biography of a gradualist radical
Whole libraries are dedicated to the study of Lincoln; Buhle's synopsis, reflecting all the warts and charm of his subject, might a good place to begin.
Today in history: Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" in Berlin, 1945
"A political prisoner's wife goes undercover, infiltrates the family of the prison guard and frees her husband from a secret dungeon just as the tyrant is about to kill him."
Today in history: Eduardo Galeano, writer and journalist born 75 years ago
If anyone consistently and courageously gave encouragement to those in struggle - particularly the indigenous populations of Latin America - it was Galeano.
