Activism
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Culture Notes
Danny Simmons, painter and activist, remembered at 72
In the 1990s, after kicking a 20-year heroin addiction, Danny Simmons pivoted to abstract painting, a path that led him to co-found Def Poetry Jam and win a Tony Award, according to Inquirer .
Mateo Garcia·June 19, 2026
The Reading Room
Children of Radicals Confront Their Parents' Legacies Today
Zayd Ayers Dohrn, son of Weather Underground founders, and Harriet Clark have both published books detailing the profound and often painful experience of growing up with radical parents, according to
Mateo Garcia·May 20, 2026