
Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
- Nov 28, 2016
- 3 min
Standing Up for Standing Rock
My assistant, Aleisha, asked suddenly, “Can I take off a day early? I have a chance to drive to Standing Rock with my friend.” The answer...

Admin
- Nov 26, 2016
- 2 min
Still Relevant / Voter Suppression vs. Protecting the Vote
Protecting the Vote Dan Hubig © 2000 "Allegations of election-related fraud make for enticing press. Many Americans remember vivid...


Michael Ventura
- Nov 21, 2016
- 6 min
A Hero's Journey
It seemed, to me, mythology. An election gripped so deeply by a mythological, collectively unconscious story that the result was certain:...

Michael Taylor / Art: Peter Andrew Jones
- Nov 20, 2016
- 8 min
Stunts
We spent the afternoon running power cables and placing lights around the Bronson Caves, a dry, dusty canyon carved deep into the hills...


Danny N. Schweers
- Nov 16, 2016
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / November 2016
Differences I imagine the worst, that our differences will divide us — marriages split, families broken, communities in uproar, ...


Bill Bentley
- Nov 15, 2016
- 9 min
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2016
Blind Boys of Alabama, Atom Bomb. As the new century started almost 17 years ago, one of America’s most venerable gospel groups turned a...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Nov 15, 2016
- 2 min
The Ted Cruz Tragedy
I know that many, many people are distraught about the Presidential election. But the one person in particular I feel bad for is Ted...


Frank Viviano
- Oct 27, 2016
- 2 min
Letter from Europe / Western Media & the Arab Spring
New York Times Photo Essay: After Egypt's Revolution, Life in Exile Utterly naive and lethally irresponsible Western press coverage...


Admin
- Oct 24, 2016
- 2 min
Still Relevant / Fortress America
Fortress AmericaDan Hubig © 1982 Donald Trump wants to build a wall to protect us, a BIG wall. Donald Trump wants to put a lid on immigratio


Danny N. Schweers
- Oct 24, 2016
- 1 min
Photo Prayer / October 2016
Pity me not. Even caged, I can strut. I am Platalea ajaja — Roseate Spoonbill. There isn’t a mudhen alive can strain marsh ooze better...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Oct 14, 2016
- 13 min
Me and the Viet Cong
In between the Korean War and the ongoing conflicts following 9/11, many of this nation’s young men had the opportunity to experience an...


Jeff Nightbyrd Shero
- Oct 13, 2016
- 2 min
KUSAMA, Art and the Holes In the Universe
Kusama would bounce into the 1960s RAT office in New York with a mixture of timidity and bravado. She was years from being famous, but...


Jeff Nightbyrd Shero
- Oct 12, 2016
- 2 min
The Bodhisattva at the Saxon Pub
Friends sometimes want me to see bands, likely because at one time I wrote music crap in New York and LA …very much yesterday’s news....


Bill Bentley
- Oct 10, 2016
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2016
Daniel Foose, of Waters and Ghosts.Talk about inspired: bassist and composer Daniel Foose grew up in Austin with deep Mississippi roots,...


Clifford Endres
- Oct 10, 2016
- 12 min
Letter From Istanbul: Aftermath of A Failed Coup
From where we sit, here on the edge of Europe staring out at Asia, it looks a lot like the world is burning while America fiddles. On the...


Elliott Negin
- Oct 4, 2016
- 6 min
After the Deluge: Texas, France and Climate Science
Texas and France have a number of things in common. They’re roughly the same size. They were both republics. They have delectable, widely...