Crops are rotting on the vine in the United States, thanks to a shortage of workers to pick them, resulting in substantial losses for farmers and their communities at the same time that people in the...
The Quest For the Historical Satan, Miguel A. De La Torre and Albert Hernandez, Fortress 2011. It’s a familiar image to most people in (post) Christian societies - the red, pitchforked Satan. but...
It would be easy to write Showtime’s Homeland, which debuted to smashing ratings, off as a classic Cold War drama updated for the modern age; plucky, driven CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes)...
Two weeks after a small band of protesters set up camp in New York’s Liberty Plaza Park, deep in the heart of the financial district, our numbers have expanded to staggering numbers. This is true...
The critically acclaimed Boardwalk Empire returned for its second season this week with ‘21,’ which informed viewers that all was not well in Atlantic City, and set the stage for what looks like...
Two men were murdered by the state last night in ‘legal executions’ in Texas and Georgia, respectively. Lawrence Russel Brewer was a white supremacist who committed a vile hate crime and was...
I remember the first time I visited the United Nations. I walked through the courtyard, marveling at every flag of every nation majestically poised against the backdrop of the beautiful, glass...
In an important victory for transgender and intersex activists, Australian passports will now be issued in three sexes - male, female, and an indeterminate X. The Australian passport office...
The seemingly unending anxiety over the digital divide has made it’s way into the press again the past few weeks. This anxiety speaks to a very real emergent source of injustice in the US, with...
This weekend, I found myself having a night out with my boyfriend. (I know, I know. It’s an exciting way to start a story. Just wait a second.) There was food, there was music, there was flattering...