Video: The Natives and the Spaniards
A history lesson: John Green talks about relations between the early European colonists and the native people they encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As … Continue reading
Cherokee Prayer of Thanksgiving
Ga lu lo hi gi ni du da
Sky our grandfather
Mel Packer: Manifesto on Violence
We are being inundated by media and government condemnation of the “violence” committed in Ferguson in response to the Grand Jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson for murdering Michael Brown. … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Every Man for Himself
The brother nods back silently to me as he places my jar of honey with ginger in a paper bag at the monastery store in Berryville. Why would such a … Continue reading
BREAKING: Ferguson Grand Jury Will Not Indict Darren Wilson
Grand jury has decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, reports say. “For 108 days, we have been in a state … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Coming Home
Originally posted on Shenandoah Breakdown:
When the policeman tells me to pull over to the curb because the woman with the pearly white smile just told him that I nearly…
Sarah Lazare: Severe Racial Disparities In Arrests the Norm In America
At least 1,581 police departments across the country arrest black people at greater rates than in Ferguson, according to USA Today analysis. Ferguson, Missouri has become a flashpoint of anger … Continue reading
Paul Buchheit: The Super-Rich and Sordid Tales of Selfishness
Philanthropy, no matter how well intentioned, cannot compensate for the flaws of capitalism. If the mainstream media made the effort to analyze and report the facts, the whole country would … Continue reading
Sarah Lazare: ‘Duty to Refuse’: Top Medical Groups Back Nurse Who Said ‘No’ to Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
‘Force-feeding a competent person is not the practice of medicine; it is aggravated assault.’ Leading medical groups are speaking out in support of a U.S. Navy nurse who refused on … Continue reading
Christy Ulmet: After prison, recapturing lost years of motherhood
Originally posted on Christy Ulmet:
By Christy Ulmet Three years after being released from prison, Lashonia Etheridge-Bey sat in a booth at a breakfast place, reminiscing on her relationship with…
Native, first generation
Originally posted on spanishwoods:
photo by Wolfgang Stearns We always had to talk in hushed whispers. Occasionally my grandmother would forget, her voice raising, her r’s rolling. We were strange,…
Chard deNiord: Late Night Listening, Tahiri Square, February 2, 2011
I felt: you are an I, you are an Elizabeth, you are one of them. Why should you be one, too? Elizabeth Bishop I heard their voices inside … Continue reading
Video: Food industry “funding effect”
The “funding effect” refers to the uncanny resemblance between the scientific researchers conclusions and the desired outcome of the underwriters of the research. The story behind the first U.S. dietary … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Report From Ground Zero, St. Louis
I’m reminded of a photograph I once saw of Hiroshima. Not the explosion, but the day after. That’s what today feels like in my St. Louis neighborhood. A few … Continue reading →