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(Photo: Eric Allix Rogers / Flickr) Tim Wise: Yes, of course, although there is also a bit of a uniquely “American” twist. On the one hand, there …

When Jonathan Schell’s The Unconquerable World, a meditation on the history and power of nonviolent action, was published in 2003, the timing could not have been worse. Americans were …

(Image: Connecting the Dots Productions) Mark Karlin: What role did the book “Global Class War” (2006) play in your formulation of the film?

Just moments after performing a dramatic final death scene, Palestinian playwright Abdelfattah Abusrour was back on stage delivering an afterword that was no less intense. Speaking softly, Abusrour told …

Whitney Battle-Baptiste. (Photo: whitneybattlebaptiste.wordpress.com) Every February is Black History Month, which presents many opportunities to explore and contextualize the broader, nuanced and less familiar aspects of what …

Today in a Black History Month special, we spend the hour with the award-winning author Walter Mosley, who many people were introduced to when Bill Clinton praised his book …

We're at an inflection point in history, a shift not just in our politics but our consciousness, says Paul Mason, BBC Newsnight economics editor, author and journalist. …

Tracie McMillan's The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table takes us on a vivid and poignant tour of a place we …

Humans have always used drugs, but current level of drug abuse could indicate a bigger problem that we’re driving people into addiction. What’s the connection between the increase in …

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 13, 2012. Film historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins …