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As the matter of gun control remains unresolved, the comments of poet Wendell Berry seem particularly relevant.

The book under review charts two worlds of the Jazz industry, paying attention both to the joy it brought to listeners alongside the depth of racism and economic exploitation behind the music.

The norteño music legends honor the inmates they play for and the struggles they face.

This first novel by famed essayist Coates explores the world of slavery and abolition. The author "re-creates the world of the pre-Civil War South," says reviewer Fear, "with a journalist’s eye and ear for detail."

'Where is My Roy Cohn?' the new documentary about Cohn's life and circle is a study in complicity.

This fall, the food film festival circuit features many aspects of the food system and the people behind the scenes.

The Great British Bake Off isn't just wonderful entertainment. By prizing cooperation over cutthroat competition and solidarity over selfishness, it's also quietly radical.

It’s no joking matter, really. as poet Shane McCrae breaks the scam wherein certain members of the current administration deny the obvious.

As the far right grows world-wide through the confluence of traditional conservatives, authoritarian elements, white nationalists and previously marginal fascists, its sway makes struggles against capital problematic. A new book charts alternatives.

In their encounters with Western art, Soviet audiences found ways to reimagine themselves.