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When Things Fall Apart (Throwback)
Climate change, political unrest, random violence: modern society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Nostalgia Bone (2021)
They say "everything old becomes new again." Today, that's baggy jeans, shag haircuts, 90s music, TV sitcoms – the latest version of finding comfort …
2 years, 4 months ago
Editing Reality (2023)
We live in divided times, when the answer to the question 'what is reality?' depends on who you ask. Almost all the information we take in is to some…
2 years, 5 months ago
Apology: The Way Back (2023)
Our society is saturated in apologies. They're scripted, they're public, and they often feel less than sincere. Political, corporate, celebrity apolo…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dare to Dissent
Sometimes, the most dangerous and powerful thing a person can do is to stand up not against their enemies, but against their friends. As the United S…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Lord Of Misrule
On November 18, 1633, a book went to press in London. Its author, Thomas Morton, had been exiled from the Puritan colonies in Massachusetts for the c…
2 years, 5 months ago
A.D.A. Now! (2020)
The Americans with Disabilities Act is considered the most important civil rights law since the 1960s. Through first-person stories, we look back at …
2 years, 6 months ago
A.D.A. Now! (2020)
The Americans with Disabilities Act is considered the most important civil rights law since the 1960s. Through first-person stories, we look back at …
2 years, 6 months ago
How U.S. Unions Took Flight
Hot Labor Summer has continued into fall as workers in industries from retail and carmaking to healthcare and Hollywood have organized and gone on st…
2 years, 6 months ago
A History of Hamas
On October 7th, the organization Hamas, which is also the ruling government of Gaza, perpetrated an attack just across the border in Israel. The Isra…
2 years, 6 months ago