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Marin County poet Prartho Sereno meditates on the ironic response of her mother's generation to the promises of technology.

Writer Rampell looks at a long-forgotten, but deeply influential, document from the domestic Cold War that served the unofficial blacklist for radio and television performers, with the aim of helping draw lessons for today.

Accusations that James Gunn has “politicized” Superman come laughably late, as the world's most famous superhero has always been political, write narrative strategist Andrew Slack and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.

The Trump administration eliminated two food safety committees: the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection and National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, a warning that food safety is not a USDA priority.

From a trippy Adult Swim satire to a Star Wars saga, shows this year are making the case to question and push back against the system.

In honor of Bastille Day, a medley of tunes from Peter Brooks' production of Peter Weiss's play, Marat / Sade. Sung by Judy Collins.

We live in an era in which, from the White House on down, meanness has become normalized, become normalized. Music can provide an antidote, reminding us of who we can be, as anyone listening to Tim Sheard’s Solidarity Songs will discover.

"This book is not about Toni Morrison, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author," writes reviewer Washington, "but about Toni Morrison, boundary-pushing senior editor at Random House."

‘Superman’ is the story of America,” Gunn explained. “An immigrant that came from other places

This new discovery of bitter taste can aid research into how humans evolved to be able to detect bitter tastes and why.