Category Archives: Politics

Six Things I’ve Learned From the Syria Crisis

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Robert Burke Warren

Robert Burke Warren makes sense of the complex situation in Damascus. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Bashar al-Assad, Chris Gibson, Damascus, Obama, sarin gas, Syria, Syria Crisis, Tea Party | 3 Comments

To Egg You On, Through the Political Seasons

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Holly Simonsen

From Easter to Autumn, equinox to equinox, Holly Simonsen negotiates her Mormon family and lesbian partner at the end of DOMA and Prop 8. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged DOMA, Edith Windsor, gay pride, killdeer, Prop 8, the Supreme Court | 1 Comment

Egypt: The Unraveling

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Yahia Lababidi

Egyptian Poet Yahia Lababidi on Egypt’s violence and trying to find hope and humanity after the scores of killings. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Egypt, El Baradei. Muslim Brotherhood, Prime Minister El-Beblawi, violence, Yahia Lababidi | 1 Comment

I Sell The Shadow: Civil Wars at the Met

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jennifer Kabat

Two Civil War shows at the Met make Jennifer Kabat wonder how the unspeakable nature of war gets translated into art. And what we gain and lose. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, The Arts | Tagged civil rights, John Reekie, kevin powers, kim jones, laylah ali, metropolitan museum of art, Sojourner Truth, the civil war, The Yellow Birds, Walt Whitman, Winslow Homer | 1 Comment

Classism is the New Racism

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Deborah Johnstone

Why the removal of food stamps from the farm bill should not be met with silence. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Bewildered Herd, farm bill, food stamps, Howard Zinn, Paul Ryan, poverty, SNAP, the Ryan budget | 2 Comments

PRISM: Privacy Revoked In Security Measure

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Greg Olear

The NSA spies on us. All of us. All the time. Why aren’t we more pissed off about it? Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 1984, Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, David Gregory, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden's girlfriend, George Orwell, Glenn Greenwald, Kim Kardashian, National Security Agency, NSA, Orly Taitz, Richard Nixon, Watergate | 12 Comments

Polygamy, Pedophilia, Incest, Bestiality and Other Stuff

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

Supreme Court decisions on marriage and voting rights join Wendy Davis’ Texas filibuster for a lesson in the fight for equality. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged abortion, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, DOMA, Hollingsworth v. Perry, John Roberts, Loving v. Virginia, Prop 8, Proposition 8, Rick Perry, roe V wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Texas, Wendy Davis, Windsor v. United States | 1 Comment