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Capitalist daydreams: A world without workers
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (148+ words) This cartoon, drawn by People's World artist Norman Goldberg, appeared in a 1990 edition of the paper. With bosses again dreaming of a worker-less future thanks to AI, the editors thought it was a good time to bring it back. U.S. faces…...
Postmaster General says USPS may shut down in a year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (94+ words) For further reading:" Trump's Postmaster General says USPS may shut down in a year... Postmaster General says USPS may shut down in a year Greg Kearney has worked as an editorial cartoonist for over 40 years. He calls himself "a traditional…...
Workers walk in first meatpacking strike in 40 years
2+ week, 2+ day ago (903+ words) REELEY, Colo.For the first time in 40 years, meatpacking workers are walking off the job after voting 99% to authorize strike action against JBS Foods. By Monday, nearly 4,000 members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 were out on strike....
‘Africville’: Faith Nolan’s debut album an essential listen 40 years later
3+ week, 2+ day ago (718+ words) Africville Faith Nolan 1986 Forty years ago, Faith Nolan released her debut album,Africville. Recently, she made her catalog available through online streaming services, and that's a good thing because it makes this album available to a wider and newer audience....
‘Akhnaten’ review: A timely opera regarding upheaval in the Middle East
3+ week, 6+ day ago (183+ words) It appeared to me that modern dress characters, perhaps archaeologists, were studying the pharaoh's mummy on the bottom tier of the boards. In any case, Amenhotep III's son, who goes on to take the name Akhnaten (Texas countertenor John Holiday,…...
Your TV is handcuffing you: ‘High Potential’ and ‘Blue Murder Motel’ review
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (268+ words) This is Desperate Housewives meets CSI, even employing the CSI flashbacks of suspects as Morgan tells their story, but not as murderers, but as the suspect couple enjoying a fun water world ride. Morgan describes her flaunting of citizens" rights…...
‘White with Fear’: Scary movie
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (324+ words) The scariest movie of the year so far has little to do with zombies, werewolves, haunted houses, space invaders, or even serial killers. Veteran Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, and director Andrew Goldberg's excellent new film White with Fear inspires more…...
Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 should include Cuban players
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (534+ words) I remember when I was first introduced to the Olympic Games. It was a few years after the end of the Cold War. I was entering fifth grade'a Cub Scout, still innocent to the ways of the world'at a time…...
‘The Love That Remains’ review: Film filled with whimsy, sly wit, and surrealistic style
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) The contents of Hlynur P'lmason's The Love That Remains are certainly Bergmanesque, with its philosophical focus on existential angst and the conflict between alienated men and women. Indeed, this109-minute film, mostly in Icelandic with some spoken English and English subtitles,…...
‘The Love That Remains’ review: A film filled with whimsy, sly wit, and surrealistic style
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (168+ words) The contents of Hlynur P'lmason's The Love That Remains are certainly Bergmanesque, with its philosophical focus on existential angst and the conflict between alienated men and women. Indeed, this109-minute film, mostly in Icelandic with some spoken English and English subtitles,…...