Since the Arab Spring, artists have helped to foster a more vibrant civil society and pointed the way toward more durable democratic institutions.
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The new North Korean leader likes Disney. But that's not necessarily a sign that he's leaning westward.
Two new films introduce the world's premier experts on militarism (hint: you won't meet them in Washington).
The Mike Daisey saga has shown that melodrama and sentimental fiction cannot alone change the world, but they have a place in progressive politics.
Why does the media treat a dead mouse as more important than an anti-war protest?
The Mexican poet speaks of his deep involvement in nature and literature.
When there's war all the time, there's no such thing as
after the war anymore.
after the war anymore.
A poem about Gaza asks whether there is a poem in Gaza that hasn't been written?
The dissident, like the plant, does not kowtow to the sky.
A Vietnamese-American artist who arrived in the United States with one son and one shoe seeks to capture the debate on immigration in a huge mural.