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According to historian Alberto Grandi, if you want to eat the original Parmigiano like our great-grandparents used to eat, you should go to Milwaukee or Madison.

Filipino Canadian nurses weigh in on what TV portrayals get right and where they can go next

Poet Alison Luterman offers us lessons in neighborliness.

Between 1879 and 1882, Marx studied the latest research and writing on communal clan-based social formations around the globe, focusing on the changing nature of land ownership and gender and family relations within these societies.

Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback to gritty 1970s filmmaking but set in the Giuliani era — the perfect setting for downwardly mobile 2025

The pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections.

Let’s get one thing straight: the Green Bay Packers are the only socialist team in the NFL.

Poet Camille Dungy offers us insight into the intersection of sexism and the beauty industry.

This book was first published in 2019 and is a classic whose relevance has only grown over time. Reviewer Rohde offers a detailed tour of this important work.

Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest attempts to remake a beloved Akira Kurosawa film about the injustices of a class-stratified society all while sidestepping class. Even Denzel Washington can’t save this misfire.