Peoples Culture
The White House has cancelled a poetry reading after one of the invited guests, poet Sam Hamill, suggested attendees use the forum to read anti-war poetry. The event, which was to be held Feb. 12, was entitled “Poetry and the American Voice,” and was to feature readings and discussion of work by Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman.
Humanity, evolution and the capacity to love
Popularizers of evolutionary theory, from Huxley on, have tended to emphasize the idea of competition between and within species, of “nature red in tooth and claw.” Often, this emphasis on conflict and competition has been the means whereby evolutionary theory is enlisted in the cause of bourgeois ideology.
Harold Washington: Champion of equality
Harold Washington, Chicago’s first African-American mayor, was elected in February 1983 after a bitter fight in which he challenged Chicago to embrace reform and do away with the discriminatory and anti-democratic policies of the entrenched Democratic machine.
Critican mensaje Bush
George W. Bush estaba tratando de ganar apoyo para su agenda de recortes de impuestos para los ricos y guerra contra Irak en su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión a una sesión de ambas cámaras del Congreso el 28 de enero. Pero alcaldes, gobernadores, miembros del Congreso y líderes de organizaciones de masas duramente criticaron y rechazaron su política.
Erdine Antonsen, 99, dies
Erdine Cathers Antonsen of New Paltz, died on Jan. 9. She was 99
Alfred Samter, 1922-2003
Alfred “Al” Samter, long-time activist in the Steelworkers Union, died January 12. He would have been 81 on Jan. 27.
About Schmidt
Movie review
Reviews: New CDs highlight lush Latin grooves
Reviews: Rumba Flamenco Most North American music fans know of rumba flamenco through the Gypsy Kings. A fusion of Andalucian flamenco, AfroCuban and salsa rhythms, rumba flamenco is lighter and poppier, as opposed to traditional flamenco with its dramatic and heavy interpretation of the human experience.
Rolling the dice on our nations health
Opinion Imagine if the first people infected in a smallpox attack had no health insurance and delayed seeking care for their flu-like symptoms.
The race to the bottom in Texas quickens
Opinion Since the business lobby took complete control of Texas government, the race to the bottom has quickened here, and at a recent press conference, the Texas Conservative Coalition gave us a look at what the bottom looks like – lower wages for workers, slashed benefits for state employees, and deep cuts in programs that aid low-income working families.
