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Once upon a time, Americans riding the rails could choose menus of charbroiled steak, golden French toast, and prunes.

The first season of Mo, comedian Mo Amer’s Netflix show, was a funny, moving look at life as a Palestinian immigrant in the US – then 7 October turned everything on its head. He talks about ceasefire hopes and why he can’t stop crying

Poet Jean Chacona offers a satirical view of the hucksterism at the heart of the new administration.

This book, now published in an updated second edition, and this review, from eight years ago, are stark reminders of a major factor behind both of Donald Trump's presidential victories.

"We are not belonging to anybody or to any party. We are artists, filmmakers from Gaza, who want to tell our stories to the world because what’s going on is not fair. We want the people to understand."

California's new law prohibits sell-by dates and requires standardized language for date labels.

Sexual harassment claims involving hosts Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor have become a playground for misogynists online.

As we approach Trump's second inauguration, poet Alison Luterman asks if the patient will survive? The patient is us, the American people.

This book discusses the effort by the alt-right and fascist movements to claim the genres science fiction and speculative literature as their own.

Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.