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from ‘For a Daughter/No Address’

from ‘For a Daughter/No Address’ from ‘For a Daughter/No Address’

Reportless Subjects, to the Quick / Continual addressed— —Emily Dickinson if what etches into your eyes leaves a small canyon     in its trough is there th…

Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Farid Matuk

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

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Apr 21, 2020 / Peter Kuper

A Lower Register Sweetness

A Lower Register Sweetness A Lower Register Sweetness

What a privileged person I am to be relieved to no end and to have you back putting me in my place. Thank you for coming along! Thank you for ordering me! We’re ending a crucial fe…

Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Josh Kalscheur

The Park Without George

The Park Without George The Park Without George

Shelter-in-place to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Apr 21, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

What’s the Deal With Grimes?

What’s the Deal With Grimes? What’s the Deal With Grimes?

Her climate change pop album Miss Anthropocene is riven with contradictions. 

Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay

The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay The Extinction Crisis Devastating San Francisco Bay

The San Francisco Bay’s rich ecosystem is collapsing—and the region’s liberal leaders bear part of the blame.

Apr 21, 2020 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

A postal worker delivers mail in Harlem with a mask

The Radical Idea That Undergirds Our Postal System The Radical Idea That Undergirds Our Postal System

Victorian-era postal reform enshrined the principle that all letter writers were equal. Now that principle is under threat.

Apr 21, 2020 / Rachael Scarborough King

Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism

Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism Lorraine Hansberry’s Radicalism

For the playwright and activist, neither liberal reform nor countercultural art were enough. The very foundations of American democracy needed to be transformed. 

Apr 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

Stay-at-home order protest

Trump’s Pandemic Priorities? Incite Violence, Increase Pollution. Trump’s Pandemic Priorities? Incite Violence, Increase Pollution.

That, plus more deportations—of coronavirus-exposed refugees.

Apr 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

We’re cooked unless investors stop funding fossil fuel companies.

Apr 21, 2020 / Bill McKibben

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