Vietnam War Archives

Campaign Trail

The politics of no future

Ian Firstenberg - October 28, 2024

The country's youngest voters are demanding real change to the corporate culture of our political system.

Culture

Screen Grabs: Donald Trump eclipses his dark master in ‘The Apprentice’

Dennis Harvey - October 6, 2024

Plus: Rod Serling's Black president, John and Yoko host the Mike Douglas show, David Wojnarowicz's AIDS rage still burns.

Protest

DNC week proves there’s more than one way to stand up for Gaza

Caitlin Donohue - August 23, 2024

From uncommitted delegates to some creative protestors, Chicago didn’t let the Dems forget the issue of Palestine

Protest

2024 DNC protests may have little in common with 1968—let’s hope

Caitlin Donohue - August 18, 2024

Similar political contexts, sure, but progressive Chicago leadership, protestors’ focus on de-escalation, and the evolution movement itself predict change

Campaign Trail

Letter from Milwaukee: Reflections on the RNC—and the protests

JJ Lansing and Trista Ngo - July 24, 2024

Peaceful activists challenged racist and sometimes violent MAGAs during the Trump coronation.

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Taking Venice’ questions 1960s US avant-gardists’ possible Cold Warfare

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2024

Plus: 'MaXXXine' just may over-rely on Mia Goth and 'Last Summer' spins Ms. Robinson tale into trainwreck.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Kronos Fest marks a half-century of musical astonishments

Marke B. - June 18, 2024

Plus: Pre-Pride shenanigans, Stern Grove, Flor Y Canto, Black Techno Matters, Team Dresch, Witchcrafting, so much to do!

Arts + Culture

Remembering basketball great Bill Walton’s life in service to the Dead

John-Paul Shiver - June 10, 2024

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Art Review

Poetic efficiencies, subtle subversions streak through ‘vītatio’

Bec Imrich - May 16, 2024

Thoughtful group show at Altman Siegel coalesces into third space beyond gender binaries and colonial violence.

Onstage

102-year-old heroine Betty Reid Soskin’s journey premieres on Bay Area stage

Lou Fancher - March 28, 2024

Writings and songs by the nation's oldest park ranger and longtime activist form base of 'Sign My Name To Freedom.'

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