Real, Local, Radical
A must-read profile of Sesshu Foster, unofficial poet laureate of East Los Angeles, steadfast advocate of racial equity, eloquent witness to the changes of gentrification, full-time school teacher, and arguable…
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Is Your City Killing Your Creativity?
Expensive cities are killing our creativity, argues Sarah Kendzior in an article for Al Jazeera. Not only is it very difficult for artists to make a basic living in artistic…
Leaked Mainstream Media Dictionary
Al-Jazeera has started a new project–an online dictionary of words and phrases the mainstream media (which I–though not everyone–would argue they’re a part of) uses when writing/talking about whatever the…
Politics Sunday
California voters may legalize pot. And it might throw quite the wrench in the already complex upcoming elections. In Brazil, a “school of gay arts,” including classes in lip-synching, wig…
Politics Sunday
If you haven’t yet heard about Goodluck Jonathan, the new President of Nigeria, you should read this article. Why does everyone think artists are terrible at governing? Andrew Sullivan posts the…