Capitalism Archives

Onstage

Lorraine Hansberry Theatre stages Black women’s healing with joyful jeté

Lou Fancher - November 29, 2023

Artistic director Margo Hall celebrates company's mentorship opportunities and high-spirited holiday production 'Soulful Christmas.'

Labor

Surprise price hike spurs talk of video game developers organizing

Leah Isobel - November 20, 2023

Young industry has been shy of unionization—but as a major game engine changes its terms, 'democratizing' gains strength

Environment

New report says we can’t save the planet without taxing the rich

Tim Redmond - November 20, 2023

Oxfam says there is no such thing as an effective climate plan that isn't also an economic equality plan.

The Agenda

The (other) big problems with APEC

Tim Redmond - November 12, 2023

Powerful CEOs and politicians meet in secret to promote global catastrophe. Plus: Judges, cops, and crime ... That's The Agenda for Nov. 12 to 19

Movies

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest takes on Indian politics, TikTok obsession, Bangla Surf Girls

Dennis Harvey - October 16, 2023

Plus: UN Film Fest on the dying press and nuclear testing, charming classic Chinese musicals, Birthday Party doc

Stage Review

An influencer meets her maker in Crowded Fire’s ‘Edit Annie’

Charles Lewis III - October 12, 2023

Mary Glen Fredrick's long-gestating West Coast premiere is a sharp look at female scrutiny in the Instagram Age

Lit

‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider does not want to be your favorite trans person on TV

Lou Fancher - September 29, 2023

On the eve of her appearance at Porchlight Storytelling's Litquake edition, the beloved game show guru and memoir author isn't holding back.

Campaign Trail

Twitter trolls attack Preston for the most common sense approach on crime

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2023

The Big Money assault on progressive politics is gearing up for 2024.

Lit

Corporate propaganda has cost 90 percent of US residents $47 trillion. Here’s why

Tim Redmond - September 15, 2023

Eminent science historian Naomi Oreskes talks about business, government, and her groundbreaking new book, 'The Big Myth.'

Movies

Screen Grabs: You’re cordially invited to an HOA meeting from hell

Dennis Harvey - August 30, 2023

Plus: Hilary Swank is 'The Good Mother' and 'Goldfish' pulls off a big, messy portrait of dementia

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