Garrett Hongo: An Ode to Independence Day, Laguna Beach, 2007
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear… —Walt Whitman We came like a tide swelling to the shore except from inland— places named for saints in Spanish, a … Continue reading
Frida Berrigan: Feeling Not Quite So Hopeless in a World on the Skids
Why the Resistance is fertile, not futile. In the wake of Donald Trump’s inauguration, George Orwell’s 1984 soared onto bestseller lists, as did Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here and … Continue reading
Ian Boyden: Frog Song
—Dedicated to everyone who has lost their freedom in the pursuit of freedom 1. This page is a quiet pond The lamp an unmoving sun My hand traces familiar arcs … Continue reading
Daniel R. Cobb: Putin Apologizes for Hacking US Election
Claims it was a practical joke that got out of hand. According to detailed notes taken during their private meeting in Hamburg, Germany, the Great American President, Donald Trump, sternly … Continue reading
Neal Gabler: Our Celebrity President
I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky that our bullying, narcissistic, impulsive man-child of a president is only fighting a Twitter war against MSNBC‘s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski and … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union
Over the past few months, as the disturbing prospect of a Trump administration became a disturbing reality, I decided to reach out to Noam Chomsky, the philosopher whose writing, speaking … Continue reading
W.J. Astore: Happy 4th of July! And a Global War on Something
I live in a fairly posh area of America. A place where people have vacation “cottages” with pools, a “destination” place for some, especially in July and August. July 4th … Continue reading
Appellate Court Judge Janice Rogers Brown: Democracy Is Broken and Congressional Oversight is a Joke
A senior judge has today described American democracy as “broken” and Congressional oversight a “joke” in failing to check the US drone killing program. In a concurring opinion in the … Continue reading
Video: Neil Young premieres new protest song, “Children of Destiny”
“Stand up for what you believe / Resist the powers that be” Canadian rocker Neil Young and Promise of the Real have just released the video for their new Trump … Continue reading
Jane Goodall: A Prayer for Peace
We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we live and move and have our being. We pray that we may at all times keep our minds open to … Continue reading
Video: Nobody Speak — DJ Shadow
. “You wanna hear a good joke?” Music: Run the Jewels & DJ Shadow Cast: Igor Tsyshkevich / USA Ian Bailey / UK Vika Akentyeva / Portugal Vladimir Arhipov / Germany … Continue reading
Robert C. Koehler: Fire Burn, Caldron Bubble
America serves up its news in a caldron from hell, or so it sometimes seems. The fragments are all simmering in the same juice: bombs and drones and travel bans, … Continue reading
Majid Naficy: Hat in the Wind
Oh, wind! Where are you taking my hat? I will follow you Beyond this foggy bay Beyond these Pacific waters And in the bosom of my homeland I will find … Continue reading
Rebecca Gordon: America at War Since 9/11
Reality or Reality TV? The headlines arrive in my inbox day after day: “U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria killed hundreds of civilians, U.N. panel says.” “Pentagon wants to declare more parts … Continue reading
