Hip Hop Politics at The New School
For those who missed it, there was an excellent event recently at The New School called Hip-Hop: Race, Politics, and Hyper-Masculinity that was organized by some former and current New School folks, and...
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Talking about White Privilege – Pt. 1
“We can overtly support white-supremacist racial projects. We can reject white supremacy and support racial projects aimed at a democratic distribution of power and a just distribution of resources. Or we can claim...
Climate Change and Divestment Politics – pt.1
So last week I had the chance to sit on stage with a handful of New York students and Bill McKibben and ask him some questions about the newly emerging climate divestment movement...
The Borderlands of Catastrophism
Meet my new country, the Borderlands of Catastrophism! No seriously, it is my new country, thanks to a fascinating online game called NationStates by Max Barry. In short, the game is an...
Robert Reich and the Liberal Myth of Wasted Votes
I recently had a friend post the following post written by Robert Reich, the author of Beyond Outrage, pleading for people to vote for Obama and save the country. His post has slowly...
On Being A Generalist
I recently spent a few days traveling with my parents, and during the course of one of our meals, my father made a comment that has stuck in my head, as it’s something...
