Portside

Portside typically aims at reviewing books offering a radical, cogent POV. This is not the case for the book here, a political slapdash whose trade-promoted author justifies if not glorifies mass slaughter in promoting war aims and imperial ventures.

A new biography captures a poet’s commitments, reversals, and reinventions.

Bob Dylan turned 80 on Monday. But what’s his greatest song? Stars pick their favorite – and recall their own encounters, from Marianne Faithfull turning him down to Judy Collins whacking a policeman to get backstage

'Pritty', a 20-minute animated short, reimagines the typical queer coming of age story by replacing Black trauma with Black joy and discovery through the lens of an intentional Black experience.

Food history – and food programming on TV – has been whitewashed for centuries. This powerful series sets an example of how to start correcting the record

The stand-up and SNL writer takes on one of the least diverse genres of entertainment with the aim to drink, have a good group hang and provoke discomfort

Costa Rica poet Simmons protests the legacy of “colonization” that confuses crime and justice.

Activist Derecka Purnell interviews historian Elizabeth Hinton about her new book, ‘America on Fire,’ and how the label “riot” discredits Black political demands.

May 19 is the birthday of Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary that led the Vietnamese people through victorious war and revolution from the 1920s to his death in 1969. This 20-year old review is of the best biography of Ho available in English.

In 1978 body snatchers really did dig up and try to ransom the corpse of the legendary actor Charlie Chaplin shortly after his death. 'Stealing Chaplin' uses this fact-based bit of skullduggery as a mere launching pad for its fact-free comedy.