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Deep Blue She

By | 2018-05-12T16:22:46-07:00 May 17th, 2018|Categories: Issue 62: 17 May 2018|Tags: , , , |

A music video by Tanuja Desai Hidier, featuring: ANOUSHKA SHANKAR on Sitar JON FADDIS on Trumpet AMITA SWADHIN on Testimony VALARIE KAUR on Watch Night Service TANUJA DESAI HIDIER on Vox & The We A note from Tanuja: Happy Women’s History Month—Every Month! The "Deep Blue She" music video-remix PSA is a grassroots/DIY/collective project featuring 100+ activist artists, musicians and writers, mostly women [...]

Who Will Kneel for You: Artists Speak Out

By | 2018-04-19T08:17:31-07:00 April 19th, 2018|Categories: Issue 60: 19 April 2018|Tags: , , , , |

From The Root Anna Deavere Smith and a chorus of artists recite the poem "To Kneel," by Kathy Engel, in support of 2018 NFL protests and the right to dissent, and against racist police violence.           Visit The Root - Black news, opinions, politics and culture Cartoon credit:  Drew Sheneman, Newark Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), [...]

Trigger Warning: An Exorcism for Las Vegas

By | 2018-01-25T10:55:53-08:00 January 25th, 2018|Categories: Issue 54: 25 Jan 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

A performance poem by Alexander McCoy Performed by Alexander McCoy Cinematography and editing by Adam Jiang Alexander McCoy is three years out of Clark University where he earned a BFA in theater, and where he got his start as a writer and slam poetry performer. He has since moved to Boston where he makes a living, [...]

Let’s End Ageism

By | 2017-10-17T16:48:24-07:00 October 19th, 2017|Categories: Issue 45: 19 Oct 2017|Tags: , , , |

By Ashton Applewhite Ageism is discrimination and stereotyping on the basis of age. We experience it anytime someone assumes we're too old for something, instead of finding out who we are and what we're capable of, or too young. Ageism cuts both ways. All -isms are socially constructed ideas—racism, sexism, homophobia—and that means we make them up, and they can change over time. [...]

40 Strangers 50 Questions

By | 2017-07-06T07:50:10-07:00 July 6th, 2017|Categories: Issue 32: 06 July 2017|Tags: , |

From Brave New Films On Wednesday, May 24 at 6:30 PM, 40 strangers entered a small photography studio near downtown Los Angeles. On the floor, they found strips of white tape laid out in large boxes. In a few moments, a member of the Brave New Films production team would stand in front of a blue [...]

84 Lumber Super Bowl ad: The uncensored film

By | 2017-02-23T11:52:41-08:00 February 9th, 2017|Categories: Issue 11: 9 Feb 2017|Tags: , , , , , |

From the family-owned 84 Lumber Company The original 84 Lumber Super Bowl advertisement created a stir: The content was deemed too controversial by Fox, which banned it from broadcast. An edited version was cut for the game, and The Washington Post published a story about it—because the controversy was reportedly due to the depiction of Donald Trump's proposed border wall. Then [...]

The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words

By | 2017-02-23T12:14:16-08:00 January 26th, 2017|Categories: Issue 9: 26 Jan 2017|Tags: , , , , |

From Sunday with Lubach "From this day forward, it's going to be only America first! America first!" –Donald J. Trump inauguration speech  

Rae Rose Cancels an Appointment

By | 2017-02-23T12:22:37-08:00 January 19th, 2017|Categories: Issue 8: 19 Jan 2017|Tags: , , , |

By Rae Rose Artist's statement I am as inconsistent as my sleep. For people with bipolar disorder, sleep is often an ongoing battle, a ludicrous arrangement, a total crapshoot, and sometimes, ridiculous. More often, I'm crying. More often, I'm ashamed. Some days, I'm a total badass. Some days, I fee like I can't show up to [...]