Essentially Brooklyn Essentially Brooklyn
Essential workers by youth/adult community artists—a multi-panel mural on view in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, until November 2020. (Vanessa by Angel Garcia.)
Aug 13, 2020 / OppArt / Joe Matunis and Los Muralistas de El Puente
Grief in Florida Grief in Florida
Chaos distorts the common stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—but Florida is not alone.
Aug 12, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg DeChirico
Love Mask Love Mask
Masks save lives. A part of a multi-panel community mural created by Los Muralistas de El Puente in Domino Park in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Aug 7, 2020 / OppArt / Juan Carlos Pinto
The Burden of Racism Is Written in Stone The Burden of Racism Is Written in Stone
Andre Henry created and carried this 100 pound emblem. Photo by Jonathan Timothy Stoner.
Aug 5, 2020 / OppArt / Andre Henry
Follow the Leader? Follow the Leader?
The results of denying reality.
Aug 4, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan
Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis
“Keep walking, keep going, you can’t control it.”
Jul 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Najla Said
Can We Attend a Big Fat Covid Wedding? Can We Attend a Big Fat Covid Wedding?
Another reader feels class resentment toward a friend riding out the pandemic at his country home.
Jul 24, 2020 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, women- and minority-owned businesses are still contending with unequal access to credit.
Jul 23, 2020 / Cecilia Nowell
You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy
“The will to live—and to help other women live and have access to abortion—kept me going.”
Jul 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Maria Espinoza
John Lewis’s Fight for Justice Continues With Miracle Boyd John Lewis’s Fight for Justice Continues With Miracle Boyd
Those who criticize young activists today as too radical or impatient should remember the John Lewis of 1963.
Jul 21, 2020 / Barbara Ransby