Jose Padua: A Beautiful Day on Earth
All I remember is that it was a beautiful sunny day when my mother came out of the fast food restaurant downtown near the bus station and walked to the … Continue reading
Sam Hamill: Who Will Stand With The Innocents?
Fifty years ago, I found myself in the war-ravaged former nation of Okinawa, where some of the fiercest battles of the Pacific War had taken place, and where I began … Continue reading
David R. Loy: Awakening in the Age of Climate Change
If Buddhism is to address the ecological crisis, it must clarify its essential message. Let me begin by emphasizing what most of us already know about climate change. First, it’s … Continue reading
In Support of Baltimore: Or; Smashing Police Cars Is Logical Political Strategy
Video: Gregory Pardlo reads “Palling Around”
Gregory Pardlo reads “Palling Around” from his collection Digest (Four Way Books) which won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.
Chris Hedges: Rise of the New Black Radicals
The almost daily murders of young black men and women by police in the United States—a crisis undiminished by the protests of groups such as Black Lives Matter and by … Continue reading
Sarah Browning: Killing Summer
I. The Washington Post, Section B, Local Briefs: another boy dead, and another – Across town. Down the block. In the alley. In his car. A few feet from a … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Surveys show Americans succumbing to lies of the gun lobby
A new Pew Research Center survey shows that more Americans now believe that protecting gun rights is more important than controlling gun ownership, and a 2014 Gallup poll says that … Continue reading
Jose Padua: Anti-Capitalist Manifesto in Celebration of the Spring
Love is everything that isn’t despair. I am almost tempted to say this even though I don’t believe it’s true because there are so many things in-between. A competition lost … Continue reading
Adrian Blevins: Nouns in their Habitats
New Pilgrims at Tinker Creek: I read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek for the first time when I was about fourteen years old. I don’t remember now what I … Continue reading
Video: This Machine Kills Hate — Healing America through art
Roberto Lugo says of the potter’s art: “I have a dream where I can change the world by making pots, showing others how to make pots, and by bringing those … Continue reading
Jose Padua: A Brief Meditation on the Days as They Rise
The other night my wife and I were talking about the murder of Walter Scott when our eleven year old daughter asked, “Why?” And she looked at my wife and … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Choosing Life
The animal agriculture industry is an integral part of the corporate state. The corporate state’s exploitation and impoverishment of workers and its poisoning of the environment, as well as its … Continue reading
Sandy Tolan: The Flute at the Checkpoint
The Everyday Politics of Confinement in Palestine The SUV slows as it approaches a military kiosk at a break in a dull gray wall. Inside, Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian musician, … Continue reading →