“The Americans”: Hostility between two world powers in new episode
We return to larger considerations and smaller links in this drama between Philip and Elizabeth, and their loving, yet emotionally torn daughter.
Spies, lies, and glanders: “The Americans” season four premiere
Season four of FX's The Americans begins with a troubling image from character Philip Jennings' past.
Political thriller with music about Japanese HIV scandal impresses L.A.
Fast moving, eye-catching, colorful, deeply affecting, cathartic, and redemptive.
“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.
This week in history: Hattie McDaniel, first African American Oscar winner
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
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.
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.
Documentary on Black Panther Party explores organization’s complex history
The film shows people who wanted to stand up and fight back against the oppression they faced.
New Civil War book examines the role of guerrilla conflict
Until recently, the role of the Civil War guerrilla has been largely neglected.
“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."
