TransAfrica's Tribute to Ruby Dee
Walter Mosley : African-Americans
"She is our elder and our sister and our daughter. We celebrate her as we celebrate the moon: our guide through the dark, dark night."
2006
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Puerto Rico, On Drugs
Ricardo Mendez Matta and Poli Marichal answer questions about their new film, Ladrones y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars), which takes a hard look at the price Puerto Ricans are paying for the drug trade.
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The March of Progress
A comparative list of how our cultural life has changed in the progression from the modern age to the postmodern.
2005
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Fear and Laughing in Las Vegas
Lenny Bruce was a lone voice at a time when irreverent comedy could land him in jail on obscenity charges. But the spirit of Lenny Bruce hovered over the first annual Comedy Festival in Los Vegas, where the nation's top comics used laughs to bring down the establishment.
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Life Among the Neo-Pagans
Our reporter visits a "a magickal, psychedelic & multi-cultural" forest outing and asks, Are New Age, Old Religion believers an endangered species in Born Again America?
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Game Theory
What does today's culture of television and video games say about society?
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Porto Alegre Postcard
This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.
2004
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Red Sluts, Blue Sluts
Richard Goldstein : Feminism & Women
Desperate Housewives is liberal on the surface but conservative at the core.
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Money for Nothing
Eric Alterman : Campaign Finance
Rich liberals get nothing from the national treasury or tax code for their activism.
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Art Makes a Difference
Alisa Solomon : Presidential Election 2004
The Bush era has seen an explosion of sharply political creativity.
This week: Will racism or sexism win the day? Plus: Esther Kaplan on workplace safety and Steven Greenhouse on the struggle facing younger workers. (13mb mp3)
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