Chris Hedges: Apocalyptic Capitalism
The charade of the 21st United Nations climate summit will end, as past climate summits have ended, with lofty rhetoric and ineffectual cosmetic reforms. Since the first summit more than … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Our Philosophy — No Fakin’ Bacon in our House!
In the coming weeks, we’ll be posting a number of recipes for dishes we regularly prepare in our home kitchen. Just to be clear, here are a few of the … Continue reading
Video: Kiwi Fruit for the Common Cold
Compared to bananas, does eating kiwi fruit decrease the incidence and severity of upper respiratory tract infections?
Video: Nina Simone on Shock (animated short)
This newly created video by the film studio Blank on Blank animates a 1968 interview with the singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Taken from a radio show hosted … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: How the wealthy are taking over the United States
We’re witnessing a putsch by the wealthy against the government of the United States. Since the publication of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, the mainstream news media has … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Socrates was a Flip-Flopper
A friend and I were celebrating his purchase of a home in Saratoga Springs, New York, toasting the occasion at a local establishment when another patron walked in. “Howie, … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Works and Days
When my daughter was two and we lived in the suburbs she got a big rag doll and when we asked her what she wanted to name it she shook … Continue reading
Video: Elemental
— Antoine de Saint Exubery said, “A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind.” In this … Continue reading
Video: “The Bad Sleep Well” by Akira Kurosawa – The Geometry of a Scene
One of Akira Kurosawa’s many gifts was staging scenes in ways that were bold, simple and visual. In this short video essay, Tony Zhou shows how Kurosawa’s 1960 suspense film … Continue reading
What was the Trail of Tears?
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native Americans in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included members of five … Continue reading
Vanessa German: Let the Hand Go Free
let the hand go free. see what happens when yo mind iz not occupied by the occupation of being occupied by the occupation. let the hand go free and … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: I Gave my Hands the Day Off
I gave my hands the day off and they couldn’t wait to get out of the house, heard the door slam behind them. Right went to the bookstore, left to … Continue reading
Jenne’ Andrews: A Husband Song
. In his warm white t-shirt he smells of clean sheets lifting over prairie bluebonnet fields in flagging autumn bloom. . Consoling me, he smells, of sun— how the sun … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: American media trivializes Paris climate talks
Mainstream media trivializes Paris climate talks by focusing on Obama’s legacy Have you noticed that most mainstream news media coverage of the climate change summit in France stresses that any … Continue reading
