Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy
Speaking of complaints about current mainstream media coverage, I just finished reading a lengthy essay called Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy, written by Robert McChesney. McChesney is a...
View ArticleThe AIDS Warriors’ Legacy
Image via NIH Record Frank Bruni wrote an inspiring op-ed column yesterday titled The AIDS Warriors’ Legacy. It’s a part-movie review, part-commentary on the history and evolution of the AIDS crisis....
View ArticleRacist Art Shocking, But Not Surprising
Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth is under a lot of criticism after this photograph was taken of her at a recent World Art Day celebration at Stockholm’s Museum of Modern Art. This cake,...
View ArticleAdult Entertainment Goes Mainstream in Sexy Baby
* Image via sexybabymovie.com A seismic cultural shift is taking place in the U.S. right now: the cyber age is creating a new sexual landscape. This is the premise of recently released documentary...
View ArticleRIP Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury died yesterday at the age of 91. The science fiction writer of the mid and late 20th century was most famous for his works Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. Bradbury has...
View ArticleWatching The Invisible War is a Great Way to Celebrate the Fourth
Image via The Invisible War In honor of the Fourth of July, I thought I’d write a movie review of The Invisible War. I saw it last night in the East Village, and it made me feel really patriotic. The...
View Article“London Street Photography” Over 140 Years
Photo by Henry Grant, 1967. Courtesy Henry Grant Collection, Museum of London London and New York City are two of the most diverse metropolitan cities in the world. Their teeming streets and sprawling...
View Article“Just Following Orders”?
Wow. Just… Wow. That was my reaction at the end of Compliance, a highly controversial new film from Craig Zobel (George Washington, Great World of Sound) delving into the psychology of following...
View Article“One Man’s Terrorist is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter”
Yuval Diskin- leader of Shin Bet 2005-2011 “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,” admits Yuval Diskin, former leader of Israel’s shadowy counter-terrorism organization the Shin Bet....
View ArticleJuvenile-In-Justice Exhibit Highlights U.S.’s Harsh Juvenile Detention System
A 12-yeawr-old juvenile in his windowless cell at Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. Juvenile detention statistics are abstract and impersonal. While nearly 1.7 million...
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