Will the "Dirty Dancing" Remake Have the Great Politics of the Original?
"Dirty Dancing" is a beloved political classic. Will a remake preserve its progressive messages?
View Article"99 Percent to 1, I Like Those Odds": Tom Morello on Protest Music, Occupy...
The former Rage Against the Machine guitarist has a new album, a new comic book about environmental and class politics, and has been visiting protests around the US.
View ArticleHow Pop Culture Influenced This Week's Proposition 8 Ruling
Judge Reinhardt deems it true.
View ArticleWhat Happened to the Female Comedy Boom?
What This Year’s Female-Driven Comedies Can—and Can’t—Do For Women In TV and at Home
View ArticleFrom Amadou Diallo to Trayvon Martin, Bruce Springsteen Revives “American...
The Boss connects two senseless murders of unarmed black men.
View Article6 Reasons to Check out HBO's Show "Girls"
There's been a huge amount of debate about the TV show "Girls." But it's worth giving it a try.
View ArticleHow ‘The Wire’ Influenced ‘Parks and Recreation’
Looking at bureaucracy and elections through the lens of television.
View ArticleBloomberg Businessweek Should Explain How Its Racist Cover Got Selected And...
The magazine published a cover that specifically portrayed consumers of color as engaging in irresponsible behavior.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools Take Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’ Out Of...
It’s a book that trusts teenagers to handle the idea of torture and the concept of war because its author had to handle those things not just in practice, but in reality.
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Is Casting Nearly 40-Year-Old Penelope Cruz as New Bond "Girl" a Feminist...
Deconstructing the age gap between James Bond and the women he sleeps with. The news that Penelope Cruz is in talks to play the romantic lead opposite Daniel Craig in the next James Bond film has...
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What San Francisco’s Bat Kid Tells Us About America
A fascinating watermark in America’s obsession with superhero culture, and geek culture.The following first appeared on Think Progress:It used to be that the Make-A-Wish Fund would hook up a...
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