'Songs of Our Native Daughters' from Our Native Daughters is as rich and textured, and fraught with violence and emotional turmoil, as the history of Africans in the West.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Random Acts’ Written and Performed by Renata Hinrichs
Atticus Finch is on Broadway, but 'Random Acts,' Renata Hinrichs' penetrating and much more intimate evocation of our racist history, is just six blocks downtown.
Read More »Software Review: Cinema 4D R20 Studio from MAXON
Cinema 4D R20 from MAXON is one of the most impressive motion graphics software releases in recent years.
Read More »Supreme Court Eases Armed Career Criminal Act Test for ‘Violent Felony’
The high court ruled that a state-law robbery counts towards triggering the mandatory 15-year sentence enhancement under the “three strikes” provision in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).
Read More »How the Federal Government Shutdown Affects Federal Prisons
Correctional officer absenteeism has at least doubled since the shutdown began, resulting in more frequent double shifts or persons in other jobs filling in for correctional officers.
Read More »Interview: Jeff Harmer of ‘An Inspector Calls’ at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
Jeff Harmer, who plays the role of Arthur Birling, explained the challenges of working on 'An Inspector Calls.' The tour kicks off its next leg in Los Angeles on January 22.
Read More »An Evening with Sir Derek Jacobi at London’s Chickenshed Theatre
In a delightful conversation spanning nearly two hours, celebrated actor Sir Derek Jacobi told stories about his life and career.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Trick or Treat’ by Jack Neary
The specter of his wife's advancing Alzheimer's disease throw Johnny (Gordon Clapp) and his family into a dizzying whirlpool of anxiety as family secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.
Read More »Jailed for Murders He Didn’t Commit, Detroit Youth Davontae Sanford Can’t Collect from City
Davontae Sanford spent years in prison for a crime he was found to never have committed. Under a new Detroit law making wrongly convicted inmates eligible for $50,000 compensation per year of incarceration, Sanford’s new lawyers obtained a $408,000 award for him.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Sir Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford
Sir Derek Jacobi explains why he majored in history at Cambridge and how he tackles making audiobooks. Richard Clifford joins in as I ask both men to rank each other's Top Three works.
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