Video: “Rat Ode” by Elizabeth Acevedo
“For the professor who said rats aren’t noble enough for a poem” Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with her Dominican … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: To Those In Favor Of Torture
According to a study by the Pew Research Center a few years back, only about 24% of all Americans think that the authorities should never engage in torture, no matter … Continue reading
Walt Whitman: I Hear America Singing
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures … Continue reading
Human Rights Watch: Israeli Police Abusing Detained Children
With Arrests Spiking, Growing Concern JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces are abusing Palestinian children detained in the West Bank. The number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli forces has more … Continue reading
Mike James: Swimming in the Rain
no lightning warns her from the river so she swims on and on, across the rain little more than drizzle not as strong as the water she’s in … Continue reading
Why Vegan?
For the animals Preventing the exploitation of animals is not the only reason for becoming vegan, but for many it remains the key factor in their decision to go vegan … Continue reading
Video: How to make three delicious vegan desserts
Nikole, from Healthnut Nutrition, shares three delicious vegan dessert recipes that are super easy to make. A DOUBLE CHOCOLATE GLUTEN-FREE CAKE TOPPED WITH COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM, RASPBERRIES AND MINT. A SIMPLE … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: Lying and Deception in the Iraq War – and Today
This is part 2 of 2 of an essay dealing with lying, politics, and war, inspired by Hannah Arendt’s writings on The Pentagon Papers. For part 1, click here. After … Continue reading
Video: “Come To The Hills (We Must Win)” by Amir Sulaiman
. Amir Sulaiman is a poet, recording artist, activist and newly appointed Harvard Fellow, born in Rochester, New York. He has performed his works across the US as well as … Continue reading
Arlene Weiner: Experiment in Living
Not as a man, but like a man: in a two-room cabin with pegs where I’d hang five shirts, two pairs of pants. A peacoat, watch cap. Boots and galoshes … Continue reading
Video: The Panama Papers, An Introduction
Behind the email chains, invoices and documents that make up the Panama Papers are often unseen victims of wrongdoing enabled by the shadowy offshore industry. This short video, underwritten by … Continue reading
Video: Buster Keaton — The Art of the Gag
— Before Edgar Wright and Wes Anderson, before Chuck Jones and Jackie Chan, there was Buster Keaton, one of the founding fathers of visual comedy. And nearly 100 years after … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: Vigilance at Sea
My wife and I once sailed on the Mariel, a Chinese-made freighter with five cavernous holds loaded with lemon peels soaked in molasses, bought from an orange juice factory in … Continue reading
Steven Gaines: Jerry Rubin, His Penis, And Me
In early summer of 1978 my agent asked me if I would be interested in ghost writing a book for Jerry Rubin about his small penis. Rubin, the former anti-war … Continue reading
