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New Yorker Union wins big

How they won...

June 26, 2021

They were less than 200 people, who made a difference for many more — about...

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Scorsese’s “The Irishman” — a masterwork, or a...

January 15, 2020

He is called the Irishman not because he’s Irish, but because he’s not...

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Lyric Opera strike: Media bias, and the crisis...

October 13, 2018

“Chicago Lyric Opera Musicians Walk Out as Season Opens”  (NY...

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Part II. An iconic antiwar photo: Myths and...

June 27, 2018

  Part I of this article tells why photographer Eddie Adams was unhappy...

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Reading Homer in Harvey Weinstein’s world

November 6, 2017

Just when our art-school student newspaper staff was having fun planning a...

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The Politics of “Dunkirk,” and what every war...

August 23, 2017

What every war movie is about Every war movie is both a movie about one war,...

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Three stories: Pilsen Murals gentrified; “Who needs copy...

July 2, 2017

 Casa Aztlan’s murals painted over by developers Casa Aztlan in...

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“Wonder Woman” — missed opportunities, ironies of casting

June 16, 2017

All you need is … love superpowers: Wonder Woman may not need a lover,...

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For the minor moral panic file.: “Safe spaces”?

September 1, 2016

When a university dean sends incoming freshmen a letter saying our university...

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Philosophers who are MEW (Moral Except with Women)

June 24, 2016

Are moral philosophers any more moral when it comes to sexual predation? Maybe...

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