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Poet Peter Neil Carroll offers a wry and humorous look at the interplay between his progressive ideals and life’s daily joys.

Political polling’s greatest achievement is its complete co-opting of our understanding of public opinion, which we can no longer imagine without it.

This book is a history of the far right wing movement in the United States, told in the form of a political biography of neo-Nazi author and activist James Mason.

It was women who ran the hostel services and food kitchens in the League of Coloured Peoples in the 1930–50s; and women who made sure that the minutes of meetings and conferences were kept. They are why we have this important history.

"There is something about female rage that feels incredibly raw and untapped," Purnell, who makes her debut as an executive producer on "Sweetpea," told IndieWire.

For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence of the ravages of colonialism.

In Hollywood, sex workers have become the ultimate girlbosses. The message is clear: there’s no need for collective empowerment when one can escape the low-wage economy by cashing in on the power of bootstrapping entrepreneurism.

Koda Farms, the family-owned rice farm in Merced County, which Keisaburo Koda started 97 years ago, is shutting down. Its rice is prized by chefs and home cooks alike.

There seems to be a reluctance to get into politics this season, a missed opportunity.

This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.