George Monbiot: The Meat of the Matter
Farming animals is as unsustainable as mining coal. What will future generations, looking back on our age, see as its monstrosities? We think of slavery, the subjugation of women, judicial … Continue reading
Ellen McGrath Smith: 9 1/2 Months
This is not a film I wish to be in but there’s nowhere else to go; so I sit on the deck, let fall slow-bruise my heart, pretend this French … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Faces of Pain, Faces of Hope
ANDERSON, Ind.—It was close to midnight, and I was sitting at a small campfire with Sybilla and Josh Medlin in back of an old warehouse in an impoverished section of … Continue reading
Richard St. John: Argos
How had he looked to her when he’d come home? He didn’t know, what with the way the gods were forever cloaking men in mist, giving the old a … Continue reading
Eliza Newlin Carney: The GOP’s Big Problem Is Big Money
Republican leaders are reeling from their primary loss in Alabama and the demise of their health-care bill, but they have only themselves — and their big donors — to blame. … Continue reading
Marsha Gordon: Blade Runner’s chillingly prescient vision of the future
Can corporations become so powerful that they dictate the way we feel? Can machines get mad – like, really mad – at their makers? Can people learn to love machines? … Continue reading
Video: Blade Runner — Nexus 2036 (new short film)
. Here is the premiere of a Blade Runner 2049 prequel short film “in-world” piece that explains what happened in the world of Blade Runner between the first movie, set … Continue reading
Molly Fisk: The October Garden
If you were zinnia, still bright in the October garden, and I the last orange cosmos. If you were catmint blue draping yourself over the cinder block wall and I … Continue reading
Michael Pollan: How Cooking Can Change Your Life
Renowned activist and author Michael Pollan argues that cooking is one of the simplest and most important steps people can take to improve their family’s health, build communities, fix our … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: Celebrations as Bernie-Style Candidate Wins Mayoral Victory in Alabama
“This isn’t just a victory for Birmingham, it’s a victory for all of us” says Our Revolution’s Nina Turner, calling on progressives to “support local races all across the country.” … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Strange Angels
the burnt torso of a monk an enemy monk tonight a cigarette glows in the dark and is crushed . I’ve been asked to teach a course in American … Continue reading
The dirty poet: i’m actually arguing with a robot here at work
the future i’m actually arguing with a robot here at work a mobile linen cart rolls up to me and intones approaching elevator, please stand aside i’m not moving a … Continue reading
Video: Liberal Redneck — On Guns
. Trae says, “I sympathize with pro-gun people. Always have. But at some point ain’t enough enough?” Email subscribers may click on the title of this post to watch the … Continue reading
Mattea Kramer: Trump Is in Your Head
Women and The Donald in Everyday Life Back in 1992, a certain New York real estate mogul told a reporter from New York magazine that you have to treat women … Continue reading
