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Occup(ied) America: A Literary History

Joe Woodward | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: History, Occupy Wall Street Movement, 1930s, John Dos Passos, Literary History, Biography, Great Depression, Occupy Wall Street, Books News
Joe Woodward

As I've watched and listened to the nascent movement "Occupy Wall Street," I've been driven to reread a favorite book of mine about America -- The American 1930s: A Literary History.

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Eric Cantor's Know-Nothing Wealth Disparity Speech: "Every Man a Billionaire"

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.23.2011

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Paul Abrams

Even more egregious than Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-VA) cowardly retreat (because it was open to the public) from delivering a speech on wealth disparity is what this undelivered speech actually said.

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Where Art & Politics Collide

Joe Woodward | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: George Grosz, Art, Literary Fiction, 1930s, Moma, Nathanael West, Biography, Moma Grosz, George Grosz Moma, Books News
Joe Woodward

In America today, to mix art and politics in any literal sense is considered either passé or taboo, but in the 1930s it was a vein of practice mined by many writers and artists.

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'Alfred Stieglitz New York' (PHOTOS)

Bonnie Yochelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bonnie Yochelson

The show and the book bring together Stieglitz's photographs of New York City for the first time since 1932, when he showcased his own New York photographs at his midtown gallery, An American Place.

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Il Farniente When Times Get Tough

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Upton Sinclair, Hurricanes, Depression, Making Do, Il Farniente, Arthouse Cinemas, Weimar Republic, Meditation, Financial Crisis, Hitchcock, 1930s, Leap Frog Technology, China, George Orwell, Healthy Living News
Vivian Norris

Making do has to do with living with less, but that does not mean life is less worth living. Look around at all you already have, and learn how to make do. It's all about Balance. And sometimes it's about...Nothing at All.

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Choosing Sides in a 1930s-like Economy

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fear, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Economy, 9/11, 1930s, Pinochet, Fascism, Fear George W Bush, Anti-Globalization, Income Gap, Cagoule, Elitism, Resistance, World War II, Milton Friedman, Inequality, Business News
Vivian Norris

If you are truly for freedom and prosperity, it must be for all humans, not just a select spoiled few. Elect people like Elizabeth Warren to office, fight for people who truly represent everyone's best interests.

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Dancing Cheek To Cheek, Max Raabe's Palast Orchester Is Back In Town

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Z. Chesnoff

Ever fantasize you're in a smoke-filled Berlin cabaret in the pre-Hitler 1930s watching Marlene Dietrich smilingly seduce a very willing crowd?

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Putting the 'Change' Back in "Change You Can Believe In": The Two Faces of Barack Obama

Marshall Auerback | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Auerback

A broad number of polls indicate that progressive opinion, particularly in the area of health care, is much more profoundly aligned with popular opinion than the damp squib of a proposal currently being championed by the president.

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Seeing Shades Of The 1930s: Newsweek

Newsweek | Daniel Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Great Depression, Economic Crisis, Economy, Morgage Crisis, Financial Crisis, 1930s, Recession, Business News

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Federal reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, a scholar of the epic financial meltdown of the Great Depression, and Treasury Secret...

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