Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero
Nov 28, 20163 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20166 min read
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, 20168 min read
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, 20161 min read
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, 20169 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20161 min read
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, 201613 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 201610 min read
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, 201612 min read
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, 20166 min read
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...