Video: Interview with Pema Chodron
Bill Moyers interviews the legendary Buddhist teacher and author Pema Chodron. Ani Pema Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. She attended Miss Porter’s School in … Continue reading
Jen Marlowe: Expelled for Life
A Palestinian Family’s Struggle to Stay on Their Land Nasser Nawaj’ah held Laith’s hand as, beside me, they walked down the dirt and pebble path of Old Susya. Nasser is … Continue reading
Video: Lucille Clifton reads “Come Celebrate with Me” and “The Killing of the Trees”
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) reads “Come Celebrate with Me” and “The Killing of the Trees.” These are the first two of 108 videos of Clifton available sequentially on YouTube. .
George Yancy and Peter Singer: On Racism, Animal Rights, and Human Rights
George Yancy: You have popularized the concept of speciesism, which, I believe was first used by the animal activist Richard Ryder. Briefly, define that term and how do you see … Continue reading
Video: Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi
When not hard at work on a page of comic art, Marjane Satrapi lights up a cigarette and remembers how, due to the last forty years of constant war and … Continue reading
John Keats: This Living Hand
. This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill … Continue reading
Dr. Michael Greger: How curry kills cancer cells
It is estimated that the human body consists of ten or so trillion cells. Almost all of these cells get turned over within approximately 100 days. That means we’re like … Continue reading
High-Fiber Foods Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A high-fiber diet may reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a cohort study published in Diabetologia. Researchers monitored fiber intake from cereal, fruit, and vegetables for participants … Continue reading
Video: George Jucha’s Tour of Fracking Wells Seen from Outer Space
Environmental activist George Jucha takes us for a tour of fracking country in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming and Pennsylvania. From outer space, we can see hundreds of … Continue reading
Video: Georgia O’Keeffe talking about her life and work
Here’s a video of Georgia O’Keeffe at her home in New Mexico in 1977 — she was nearly 90 at the time. . Georgia O’Keeffe’s hands, 1918, photo by Alfred … Continue reading
Video: Lucille Clifton reading two poems at the 2008 Dodge Poetry Festival
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) reads “What Haunts Him” and “Sorrows.” A prolific and widely respected poet, Lucille Clifton’s work emphasizes endurance and strength through adversity, focusing particularly on African-American experience and … Continue reading
Chana Bloch: Fortress
. Silence is a strenuous language but we have chosen it. A shut door, a shrug, stone upon stone. . The stones have a history. They were pulled from the … Continue reading
Paul Christensen: The Death of Learning
I remember the first time the thought occurred to me that higher education may be dying in the U.S. It was around 1985 and I had just received tenure and … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Are you a socialist and just don’t know it?
Yesterday, I heard a reporter say that she was surprised that Senator Bernie Sanders has garnered so much support. I’m not. Not long ago, Vox Populi published my argument in support of … Continue reading →