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The U.S. government encouraged producers to produce cheese and the USDA began stockpiling the surplus. Some of the same companies that benefited from USDA dairy surplus purchases now rent space in the very caverns once used to house that surplus.

And that’s the other tenth of the show—a clear-eyed portrayal of the evils of imperialism and the colonialism that empowered it.

In "Jerusalem," William Blake vowed to fight the 'dark Satanic Mills' of early capitalism. Answering Blake, poet Mary Mackey recognizes contemporary capitalism's failures, but vows to embrace what's still good in life, not just belabor what's awful.

A librarian tells her story of being on the front lines of the far right wing assault on libraries and knowledge.

Writer-director Celine Song’s Materialists follows a professional NYC matchmaker split between two charming suitors. It’s yet another attempt to update the Jane Austen formula, but without the poignancy and beauty of Song’s acclaimed Past Lives.

You may think you know which foods contain artificial color, but many dyes could be lurking in foods you'd never expect.

These days, it’s hard to care about affluent fictional characters who get away with everything.

An oldy but a goldy. Poet, philosopher, artist and mystic, William Blake offers us a vision of the struggle to build a peaceful and just society, an early skirmisher in the fight against capitalism. Check out those 'dark Satanic Mills.'

This book, writes reviewer Alpert, is "a powerful account of our failures to stop the war in Gaza, despite the professed worth we place on values like empathy.

David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values.