A Graphic Error? Or the Racialization of Terror?
Gotta give it up to Gawker for this one, with their wry line being: “If the terrorists won’t do us the courtesy of being brown, no matter—we’ll just make them brown, instead.”
Gotta give it up to Gawker for this one, with their wry line being: “If the terrorists won’t do us the courtesy of being brown, no matter—we’ll just make them brown, instead.”
One organizer of Wilcox County, GA’s integrated prom, Mareshia Rucker, says, “As far as our county goes, the reality is, racism runs really deep,” she says. “I do think it will make a difference as far as prom goes. I’m not sure about other things.”
Like, right now, I just can’t deal with the competing parts of my self-interest and identity that are witnessing the transformation of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
How do we lead with compassion after we’ve been grievously wounded? That’s not just a a spiritual or an ethical question. It’s also a question of governance, of power, and of our interlinked human fate.
Daryle Conners is a filmmaker, former video game designer, and cultural maverick. One of her current projects is Writing on Location — an intimate event series that takes writers to different countries to expand their craft.
As publisher Urvashi Butalia writes in the anthology Of Mothers And Others: Stories, Essays, Poems society has its prism on motherhood and childlessness… one that may not square the many patterns of human lives and families. In her words: For years I have identified myself as a single woman. It’s …
We’re facing a budget cliff, an entitlements cliff, a personal finance cliff, and a climate cliff. So when are we going to step off the ledge and hash out real issues?
Will the debate over Cain’s alleged harassment echo the Thomas hearings, in vitriol and divisiveness? We should hope not… and perhaps fear so.
“For every factual attack, there are a thousand possibilities…and all of them strike down together.” It’s a line from China Mieville’s speculative fiction novel The Scar, but it could easily describe today’s politics. President Obama has been described as a socialist and tool of banks and big business; a “racist…who …
Watch the video of this panel on climate change and Sandy. Columbia University scientist Klaus Jacob said “On a nice sunny day in the year 2100, the water level will be almost as high as it was during Sandy.”
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“Many vivid anecdotes of purported voter fraud have been proven false or do not demonstrate fraud,” says the Brennan Center for Justice. A new article by Roger Simon of Politico blows open GOP plans to block the vote.
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A long list of gratitude for things that are both beautiful and troubling — all of them are part of our world, and our lives, our realities.
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Because the story is about a black woman and not a black archetype or stereotype, anyone who loves the art of theatre and the place where struggle meets the sublime can relate to GIRL shakes loose her skin. I don’t know when it will hit the stage next, or what major theatrical producer will step up to bankroll it, but I’ll be there.
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Head on over to the Columbia Journalism Review’s site to read my piece on the President and criminal justice reform. Now that the election is over, these questions are more imperative than ever.
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Please go to The Root and check out my piece on why the “foreign policy” debate was nothing of the sort….
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Props to Thanh Tan for her article about the GOP Washington State gubernatorial candidate bringing it Gangnam Style; plus Sesame wants Big Bird out of Obama ad.
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Head to The Root to check out my piece on how conservatives went social-media silent after Mitt Romney’s 47 percent remarks.
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On The Root, I explore a troubling incident from my childhood — when schoolchildren cheered at news that Ronald Reagan was shot. It was inexcusable. It was also part of the race/class warfare of the time, where even poor children felt blamed and shamed. Who gets the most handouts in …
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