Nina Pick: Deportation Liturgy
Dear Mr. Spicer Like the scent of strawberries in the foyer at the bank your words say one thing and your voice another on a California mountain there are wild … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Trump and Friends, Treasonous From Day One?
The news is stunning, but remarkably unreported. Trump, Flynn and others may well be guilty of treason. Here are some of the facts. US intelligence agencies know that Michael Flynn, … Continue reading
Video: Postmodern Jukebox — All About That Bass
Yeah it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two But I can shake it, shake it like I’m supposed to do ‘Cause I got that boom boom that all the … Continue reading
Christina Rossetti: February 14. 1883
A world of change & loss, a world of death, Of heart & eyes that fail, of labouring breath, Of pains to bear & painful deeds to do:— Nevertheless a … Continue reading
Jose Padua: On the Persistence of Color as a Way of Seeing the World
Less than fifty years ago it would have been illegal for me to marry the woman I’m married to in the state where I now live. I didn’t know this … Continue reading
Video: Interview with a Racist
. Jared Taylor explains the importance of white racial consciousness to Jorge Ramos, anchor of the Spanish-language television network, Univision. This clip appeared in the Univision documentary “Hate Rising.” . … Continue reading
Dr. Seuss: Political Cartoons
Little-known editorial cartoons by Dr. Seuss re-emerged recently, as critics of President Donald Trump’s order on immigration drew parallels between the author’s warnings seventy years ago and America’s current political … Continue reading
Video: Ray Bradbury on Violence, Love, Laughter, and Sadness
. In this clip, author Ray Bradbury talks about our relationship with violence, love, laughter and sadness. Bradbury was a fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer, best known … Continue reading
Walter Bargen: Gorilla God
The interview room cold, the angles softly hardened against sound. The inevitable question arises: What makes a good poem? I’m never prepared. On radios across the country, silence pulls a … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: Town Halls Become ‘Indivisible’ Epicenters as Trump Resistance Grows
With help from an activist manual written by former congressional staffers, Republicans face angry crowds in home states. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was confronted by angry crowds at a town … Continue reading
George Yancy: It’s Black History Month. Look in the Mirror.
To many Americans, February, first officially recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as Black History Month, is a time to celebrate African-American achievements, ones that were gained against nearly … Continue reading
Video: Facing Evil with Maya Angelou
. In this video recorded shortly after Maya Angelou’s death in 2014, Bill Moyers remembers a conference on “Facing Evil,” held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Evil was … Continue reading
Abby Zimet: Ideas As Dangerous As Bullets
Among the latest ungodly alternative facts issuing like toxic fumes from the White House is their brazenly skewed (and woefully misspelled) list of terror attacks the media allegedly failed to … Continue reading
Justin Vicari: Head in the River
Because I gave you head in the river, the death squad cut off my head and sent it floating away. Up to my eyes I am cast from eddy to … Continue reading
