In Memoriam: Joey Martin Feek
This strength of conviction, expressed by a quiet rebel, is a legacy well worth remembering.
“Anthracite Fields” earns Pulitzer for music about Pennsylvania coal miners
The working class has gained a new champion in the concert hall with the rise of composer Julia Wolfe.
Progies honor transsexuals, feminists, card-carrying Communists and more in film
The Progies honor films that stand up for human, worker, and women's rights, gay rights, minority rights, peace, the environment, and against fascism.
Paul Robeson fought Jim Crow, lynching, and McCarthyism
Gerald Horne has made an amazing contribution to African American radical history with a newly published biography.
“Striking Gridiron”: A touchdown for readers
"Striking Gridiron" is based on the 1959 undefeated season of the Braddock High School football Tigers.
Bringing Eleanor Roosevelt’s lover Lorena Hickok out of the shadows
The play's frank assertion that Hick and Eleanor were lovers represents a departure from earlier dramatizations of their relationship.
“I kill a man…/I love a man…”: The Emile Griffith jazz opera
Of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended over a lifetime, rarely have I been so emotionally stirred as I was by this one.
Progressive cinema: “Angel of Nanjing”
The film shows how love for life and people can drive a person in a country of over a billion to exercise compassion for his fellow humans.
A new opera focuses on Frau Schindler of “List” fame
In three acts, the opera features more than 20 roles, plus chorus, in scenes that alternate between the Schindler home and the factory.
“The Mine Wars”: Turning coal into the diamond of solidarity
"Coal miners and coal companies in West Virginia clashed in a series of brutal conflicts over labor conditions and unionization."
