Video: How to Rig an Election / Michael Moore’s Morning After To-do List
. Michael Moore’s Morning After To-Do List: 1. Take over the Democratic Party and return it to the people. They have failed us miserably. 2. Fire all pundits, predictors, … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Still Dead
I couldn’t recall when I’d last experienced similar symptoms. Churning in my stomach. Elusive rational thought. Inability to string words together coherently. Zombie-like motions. But I knew they felt familiar … Continue reading
Nisha Gupta: Election Night 2016
I painted ELECTION NIGHT 2016 to express the fear and grief I experienced watching the election results trickle in Tuesday night, from my position as a woman of color. I seek … Continue reading
Video: Marconi Union and Lyz Cooper perform “Weightless”
Listen to Marconi Union and Lyz Cooper perform “Weightless” — said to be the most relaxing piece of music ever composed. [8 minutes]
Video: “Wolf” read by Stanley Tucci
. A special election-day fable read by Stanley Tucci. Email subscribers may click on the title of this post to watch the video. .
Video: Lady Parts Justice — Pussy Trumps Hate
. Donald Trump has forgotten that women outnumber men. Especially if you’re a tool. This video has been brought to you by #pussytrumpshate and Lady Parts Justice. Email subscribers can click … Continue reading
Video: You’re So Vain — The Dangerous Vanity and Narcissism of Donald Trump
. For the first time ever, Carly Simon has allowed her song “You’re So Vain” to be used in a commercial. In a video released on the eve of the … Continue reading
Video: “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe read by Christopher Lee
. . “The Raven,” written in 1845, stands today as Poe’s best-known work; he later claimed that he wrote it with “the intention of composing a poem that should suit … Continue reading
Bill Moyers: Experience Rikers Face to Face
RIKERS Official Trailer (Email subscribers may click on the title of this article to watch the video.) . Over the years I have landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport … Continue reading
Video: “Chicago” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
We honor Tom Hayden, tireless activist, lawmaker, writer, “radical inside the system,” now dead at 76 – both for how long and hard he fought, and the cogent, hopeful way … Continue reading
Video: Beautiful Reactions
. This video is from a website appropriately named Beautiful Chemistry. Professor Yan Liang of the University of Science and Technology of China, along with co-creators Xiangang Tao and Wei … Continue reading
Mary Oliver: The Artist’s Task
It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the phone rings, or someone raps at the door. I am deep in the machinery of … Continue reading
Video: Natural Playground
Here’s the upside to global warming. . Directed and Performed by Ben Leclair Co-produced by Kevin Calvez Filmed by Blackbird productions & Ian Curry . Ben LeClair . . Email … Continue reading
Video: Stephen Fry loathes dancing. See his rant performed – in dance
. ‘Not so much an accomplishment as an affliction…’ Stephen Fry Hates Dancing turns a monologue by the British comedian into a celebration of the very art he despises. … Continue reading
