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Many of the women who had dedicated themselves to the farmworker movement were overlooked or driven out by César Chávez's corrosive behavior.

The assassination of Julius Caesar was reenacted in Rome at the exact same place where it had taken place 2,000 years ago.

Today the Ides of March survives as a powerful historical metaphor. What was once simply a day for settling debts and ...

A logistically and artistically ambitious mashup of Shakespeare's play and modern American songs with some great acting.

Julius Caesar would seem a no-brainer choice at the moment. The timing looks bang on. Autocrats the order of the day, assassination attempts, actual assassinations, the threat of civil war, rabid ...

In Dhurandhar 2, Boney M’s Rasputin underscores Shamshad’s vulnerability, echoing the historical mystic’s fall. Director ...

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Immersing students in the history and politics of ancient Rome helps them come to a rich understanding of Shakespeare’s play.