Month: August 2017
miguel’s pussy riot cover is a soulful must-watch
Miguel’s a big Pussy Riot fan, and he wants you to be as well. The R&B crooner took to Twitter last week to do a little pro bono PR for the Russian protest group, praising their 2016 anti-Trump anthem, “Make America Great Again.” Miguel’s cover is a little more soulful, by his own admission. “Shitty… Read More miguel’s pussy riot cover is a soulful must-watch
Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council
On Tuesday, President Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and again made excuses for bigotry and terrorism, effectively repudiating the remarks his staff wrote a day earlier in response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va. I stood in that same lobby in January, fresh off a… Read More Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council
Katherine Dunham, Pioneering Dancer and Activist, Inspires a Book
The choreographer, dancer and social activist Katherine Dunham made headlines in 1944, when, after reluctantly performing for a racially segregated audience in Louisville, Ky., she declared that if the theater wanted her to return, it would have to integrate. This scene introduces an in-depth, necessary new book on Dunham and her trailblazing career, “Katherine Dunham:… Read More Katherine Dunham, Pioneering Dancer and Activist, Inspires a Book
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