The intense Pulitzer Prize-winner receives a fine production at the Playhouse San Antonio's Cellar Theatre.
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Female Inmates Sue over BOP Guidelines for Transgender Males
Three female inmates in a federal prison in Texas have gone to court in an attempt to block a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that requires them to share bathrooms and showers with inmates who identify as transgender females but are biologically male.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017: Monday, March 13 (Austin, TX)
SuperGlu and Magic Island helped kickstart the first day of SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »Convention Review: AnachroCon Offers Adventure in Time (Atlanta GA, Feb. 2017)
AnachroCon is an immersive adventure in and exploration of time, the best kind of escapism. This year the theme was the '60s – any '60. Hippies mingled with belles from the Civil War era and cowboys from the Wild West.
Read More »U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Private Prisons Are Back in Business with BOP
The idea that a corporation should ever profit from warehousing humans still remains beyond offensive and should not be tolerated in a civil and just society.
Read More »High Court to Weigh If Withheld Evidence Undoes Old Convictions
The Court will rule on whether convictions must be overturned if prosecutors withheld potentially exculpatory evidence from the defense.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blurred Lines’ from Girl Be Heard at HERE
Rape culture strikes every two minutes, when someone is sexually assaulted; then disappears in the twinkling of an eye as if nothing important has happened. The brilliance of 'Blurred Lines' is that it nets this slippery monster and pins it down with irony, satire and ridicule, all the while examining how it parades itself publicly, cloaked in the righteousness of normalcy.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Sholem Asch’s ‘God of Vengeance’ from New Yiddish Rep
Just around the corner from where it first played, Sholem Asch's 'God of Vengeance,' challenging and controversial in so many ways since its debut in 1907, has opened at La Mama in its original Yiddish (with English supertitles). Upon its Broadway run in English in 1923, the play's cast and producers were arrested on obscenity charges. With its frank depiction of lesbianism and prostitution, it's no wonder.
Read More »Staying Informed in Trump-Traumatized America–A Guide for 2017
Got Post-Election Trauma (or Trump) Syndrome? Don't despair! The best antidote is to stay informed. Presenting a few essential daily reading stops (no fake news!)
Read More »Why Donald Trump Might Be Good for America
Although liberals treat Donald Trump's election as a blow to their cause, it is actually a boon in disguise – provided they maneuver things right.
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