Tag: economy
Is 2020 Another 1968 — or Civil War?
A Minneapolis cop knelt on the neck of George Floyd neck for eight minutes and 26 seconds. Now Coward Donald, hiding in his bunker, calls for oppression.
Dispatches from Dumb Donald’s Death Cult for Cuties
From Trump boot-licker Brian Kemp to MENSA candidate Ron DeSantis to ordinary folk in the Betsy DeVos death cult, it was another week in COVID-19 America.
In ‘Greater Clements,’ a Playwright Mines Lesser Days
Judith Ivey appears at the center of a few, very individual stories of certain troubled Americans -- and a much, much larger American tragedy.
What I Got Out of My Lunch with the New NEA...
In June 2018, President Trump appointed Mary Anne Carter to be Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. The press at the...
Can Economic Impact Make a Case for Arts Nonprofits?
Nonprofit arts is to commercial arts what food banks are to supermarkets. Or maybe not.
Another Crash, Another Arts Funding Downward Spiral?
We're not being alarmist. The signs are already there.
Trump, GOP Have a Quiet, Growing Infatuation With Socialist Policies
You're not misreading the headline: they're increasingly out of the Soviet playbook.
Ten 2018 Movies the President Should Watch (But Won’t)
They'd have a lot to teach him. If only he'd watch them. And none are by white guys.
Why Democrats Need to Calm Down
Two words associated with the progressive movement frighten the establishment.
These People Prove How Trump Emboldens Racism
Trump said his ancestors “tamed a country.” By looking racists in their face, maybe we can tame them.
‘An American Quilt’ Pulls Back the Covers of Enslavement Culture
But why doesn’t Rachel May run with her many “what ifs” and give us a novel?
Make Room For 11 Paid Artist Commissions in Washington, DC
Make a statement about America's high-rent crisis and receive a $1,000 honorarium and more.
No Place Like MOME: How Julie Menin Champions NYC Arts
NYC's Commissioner of Media and Entertainment delivers promising successes.
New Met Admission Charges Are an Unfair Tax On Tourists
They will punish tourists -- including hundreds of thousands of Americans who already subsidize it.
Why I Will Always Be A Liberal
No social reform should come at the expense of the individual. Reforms must serve the individual.
“Skeleton Crew,” By Playwright Morisseau, Finds Life in Detroit
Does Morisseau think Trump can restore jobs to Detroit? Hell no.
Democratic Party’s Enemy: Not Trump, But Trumpism
For the Democratic Party, opposition to Trumpism is not enough.
What Cultural Facilities Forget: The Nuyorican Rules
Too many cultural organizations and facilities have lost sight of these simple rules.
Democrats, You Have Your Chance: Go Progressive.
This is not the sort of thing one suggests lightly or normally.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
