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Controversial Classics Spur New Conversations for TCM Hosts Brian Steinberg, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Most of the classic films that run on TCM are introduced by a single host. In March, some will require a whole team. The WarnerMedia outlet on Thursdays this month will seek to put some popular but troublesome films in better context, part of an effort it calls “Reframed.” A team of the network’s on-air personnel will introduce viewers to some of Hollywood’s most seminal pictures, which remain popular but are increasingly being scrutinized under a different lens as the nation...

Listen to the story here. During a Senate Finance Subcommittee meeting, Republican Senator Pete Goicoechea of Eureka told his fellow lawmakers he was worried about creating a “tar baby” in state policy. The term is considered by many to be a racial slur that stems from the stories of Uncle Remus, a post-Civil War fictional character, who has more recently been seen to perpetuate Black stereotypes and whitewash the atrocities of slavery. Goicoechea said he meant no offense by using the word. “It's a term I've used most of my life, ever since I was a little kid,” he said. “I clearly d...

President Joe Biden announced changes Monday to the Paycheck Protection Program to target more federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of color.

This week, the newsletter is all in the family, with a profile of the legendary Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken and its founding family, plus Cocina Paulis, a family operation that is one of the area’s few flour tortilla makers.

, published this month by Coach House Books. Thompson, a Ryerson University assistant professor in the School of Creative Industries, specializes in 19th century Black history and visual culture. In Uncle , she traces the social, cultural and political tendrils of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin , exploring how the figure of Tom morphs from a heroic enslaved man into a trope, an insult and the inspiration for generations of theatrical interpretations, films, radio and TV characters, and even consumer products. Follow Thompson on twitter at @DrCherylT. V...