Culture Watch

The mainstreaming of Rand is, in large part, the work of one man (and his money).

Jason Howard 7-01-2011

Humanitarian, award winning actress, and best-selling author Ashley Judd reflects on her faith and "true calling" -- social justice activism.

One man searches for balance between family and solitude, nature and technology.

In 1886, members of America's fledgling labor movement called a general strike for May 1 to demand an eight-hour work day.

Julie Polter 6-13-2011

... Voices from Africa

Julie Polter 6-13-2011

Six books on the ongoing search for peace and justice in the Middle East and beyond.

Claire Lorentzen 6-13-2011

Books on migration and the immigrant experience.

Lauren F. Winner 6-13-2011
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Tom and Kwikki / Shutterstock

Women's ongoing search, in life and texts, for equality and empowerment.

Betsy Shirley 6-03-2011

Bio: Founded Empowering and Strengthing Ohio's People (ESOP) to stop predatory lending and home foreclosures. Website: www.esop-cleveland.org.

Julie Polter 6-03-2011

Julie Polter reviews current books and films.

"A white man's country" became the multiracial, multicultural democracy we now inhabit.

Gareth Higgins 6-03-2011

Gareth Higgins reviews Batle: Los Angeles, Saving Private Ryan, and Chinatown.

Andrew Bradstock 6-03-2011

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Bloomsbury Press.

Kimberly Burge 6-03-2011

The Better Angels, by John Francis. Horse and Rider/Dualtone.

William O'Brien 6-03-2011

Freedom Journeys: The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness across Millennia, by Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow adn Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman. Jewish Lights Publishing. 

Sarah Browning 6-03-2011

Poets resist anti-immigration laws with defiance, beauty, and social media.

Latina/o Social Ethics: Moving Beyond Eurocentric Moral Thinking, by Miguel A. De La Torre.

THE EGYPTIAN revolution started on Facebook. True. The Iranians who took to the streets last year to try to overturn a fraudulent election used Twitter to coordinate their actions and to communicate with the outside world. Also true.

Lauren F. Winner 5-01-2011

Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant, by Paul Clemens

Christine Foust 4-26-2011

Filmaker David Barnhart helps disaster survivors tell their ongoing stories of healing and recovery.