Arlene Weiner: John of the Lamp
John of the lamp, poor fellow, you’re quite unstrung. Cat or rat’s got your tongue. Your guts are yellow, your wide grin is hollow. Summon the young to a portal … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: ‘Alarm Bells Ringing’ — Global CO2 Levels at Highest in 3 Million Years
Ahead of the COP23 climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany next week, an annual bulletin released on Monday revealed that last year, the average global concentration of carbon dioxide surged at … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Republicans are repeating the most serious mistakes in our history
Slashing taxes on the wealthy and cutting services to children, the poor and the aged. Cutting back on immigration and deporting the 800,000 dreamers. Shaping government policy to promote fossil … Continue reading
Leslie McGrath: Bitterness in the Mouth
When did the word for stranger and bitterness in the mouth come to mean a kind of audacity? I’ve seen in some men a distinctly American gall– they glide over … Continue reading
Video: Stop Telling Women to Smile
. Stop Telling Women to Smile is an art series by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh which attempts to address gender-based street harassment by placing in public spaces drawings of women with captions … Continue reading
Video: Mean Mary on Fast Banjo — Iron Horse
. Iron Horse We rode the plains as lovers do We raced beneath the summer sun My dusky eyes met his so blue Our soaring spirits breathed as one . … Continue reading
Video: Suzanne Simard — How trees talk to each other
. “A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees … Continue reading
Audio: Listen to a 9,000 Year Old Chinese Flute—the World’s Oldest Playable Instrument
. Chinese archeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the oldest known playable musical instrument, a seven-holed flute fashioned 9,000 years ago from the bones of the red-crowned crane. The … Continue reading
Rebecca Gordon: Take Your Tiny Fingers Off the Button, Trump
Nuclear Nightmares Past and Present Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right now. Our childish, ignorant, … Continue reading
Sam Hamill — To the Tune: Plum Blossoms
The fragrance of red lotuses has faded. Autumn settles at my door. I loosen my robe and drift in an orchid boat. Someone sent me love notes in the … Continue reading
Majid Naficy: Ezzat’s Last Will
The Will Room in Evin Prison Has two ways out. Alas! One cannot take both. Thus, she writes that life Is beautiful and desirable And puts down the date of … Continue reading
Mohamedou Ould Slahi: My Guantánamo Diary, Uncensored
“Who I am now, thanks to my lawyers, my family and friends, my publishers, and my readers, is a free man.” If I wanted to, I could put my pen … Continue reading
Video: Robert Reich — “America actually has six political parties”
. Robert Reich explains that the old Democratic and Republican parties are exploding. When you take a closer look, America actually has 6 political parties right now. Whoever can put … Continue reading
Carolyn Gregory: What Remains
Every face has its stories of travel along the coast or mountains, memories of loved ones cherished or left behind the rooms of beauty acquiring their peonies or cobwebs … Continue reading
