Tag: protest
And I Thought, ‘Something Just Broke’
Systemic change will be difficult until we cut out and complete irradiate the Trumpist cancer from our diseased body politic. So we fight.
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.
Dancing Indigenous Resistance to Big Oil on Native Lands
Not just water, land, air being violated. Women are being murdered. That's why we're activists. That's why we dance.
Triangle Shirtwaist Burns with ‘Fire in My Mouth’ Oratorio
An infamous tragedy inspires a monument to immigrants and their American struggle.
Teenagers: America’s Political Trojan Horse?
Why do we hide our political messages behind our children? Or attack teenagers for theirs?
Look at the Activist Artists Who Actually Walk the Talk
Now is the time to get political. Some of us are already doing that. Brilliantly.
Historian Richard Vinen Connects Our Agitated Era to ‘1968’
Remembering when America provided a model for protest around the globe.
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.
Who Should Educate White People About Racism?
Am I improving conditions for artists of color? Or providing feel-good education for white people?
Pussy Riot Returns (On the Album of an All-Woman Vocal Quartet)
Lyrics and trial transcriptions join forces in a powerful oratorio.
What I Learned Marching for International Women’s Day in Peru
Silent language: it is what the disenfranchised share.
My Feminism Will Not Be Intersectional
Is an intersectional approach to identity ultimately helpful to the fight to preserve liberal democracy?
The Year of Empowered Women
We aren't stopping with a march or two. We are a force. We are going to win.
The Federation: Keeping Our Trump-Era Cultural Borders Open
A new coalition urges artists to be louder and more visible than ever.
When It’s Time to Protest, Are You On the Right Side...
A protest has the extraordinary ability to shed light on the fractured internal relations of our country.
Free, Free at Last: In Flux, US Playwright Finds Stability
"I’m looking forward to seeing all the protest theater in the next four years."
Sanford Biggers Sculptures Evoke Violent History
Sanford Biggers' art shoots down racism and violence to combat historical amnesia.
Social Justice Warriors Will Leave the World an Uglier Place
Art commentary from social justice warriors favors virtue signaling over aesthetics.
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?
