Video: Guerrilla Girls Talk Art with Stephen Colbert
Guerrilla Girls: “We’re feminist masked avengers in the tradition of anonymous do-gooders like Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. How do we expose sexism, racism and corruption in politics, art, … Continue reading
W. J. Astore: The Vietnam War, the Pentagon Papers, and Lying
In November 1971, the political philosopher Hannah Arendt published “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers” in the New York Review of Books. Earlier that year, Daniel Ellsberg had … Continue reading
Timons Esaias: All The Important People #5
I looked for an oracle, o Master, to riddle the koan of bell tower breed dog foreign city turned to the Internet and behold my search ended with a prophet’s … Continue reading
Vanessa German: Hardbadmean Streets
there waz a new girl/woman on the street. before i left yesterday. i saw her. marching the corner between brushton and the brusies. making. hard eye contact at alla the … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Then
nothing goes away in the darkness you can hear light finding its way – and if one night, sitting in an airplane, quiet but for the whine of an engine, … Continue reading
Video: What are the most nutritious cooking methods?
Which are the gentlest cooking methods for preserving nutrients? Which vegetables have more antioxidants cooked than raw? Dr. Michael Greger investigates the latest research to find out.
Michael Simms: Potluck Soup
When we were college students in Dallas in the 1970’s, my friends and I lived off college loans, the GI bill, and handouts from our parents. We were broke. So … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: The Lie of Patriotism
BALTIMORE—When Rory Fanning, a burly veteran who served in the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion and was deployed in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2004, appeared at the Donald Trump rally in … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Mainstream Media Portrays War Contractors As Unsung Heroes
We really don’t know what Matt Sherman exactly did as a federal government contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite a long article about him in the Washington Post and a … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Getting Away with the Days and Other Ways of Measuring Time
I was barely twenty-one driving my car from the north end of campus past the dorms by the railroad tracks then down the grassy lane next to the stately building … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: Why Are PTSD Rates So High Among Veterans?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major problem among veterans who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. The VA government web site explains that “OEF/OIF service members are at risk for … Continue reading
Audio: Allen Ginsberg reads “America”
“America” appears in Allen Ginsberg’s first collection Howl and Other Poems (1956). Much of the poem consists of various accusations against the United States, its government, and its citizens. Ginsberg … Continue reading
Audio: T.S. Eliot reads “Burnt Norton”
. Burnt Norton is the first poem of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. He created it while working on his play Murder in the Cathedral and it was first published … Continue reading
Bart Plantenga: Amsterdam Refugee Center — Guarded Hope
Second in a series. No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark. Warsan Shire, “Home” It’s a grey, dreary day; I’m listening to my … Continue reading
