Last night, as the Australian summer sun finally dipped over the horizon, 15000 Australians gathered by candelight in 750 locations around the country, in a night dubbed Light the Dark by activist...
In “Disco and Atomic War” Estonian filmmaker Jaak Kilmi approaches what is a pretty dry, well-tread political topic – the power of media to not only prop up totalitarian regimes but to take...
‘Hunt, or be hunted. Welcome back,’ Congressman Frank Underwood says at the conclusion of the first episode of season two of House of Cards, the Netflix drama that’s transfixing viewers across...
Some films live in the head and some in the heart. “Dallas Buyers Club” does shuttle runs between the two. The head tells you that when a homophobic Texan asshole rides to the rescue of gay men...
Claudia Paz y Paz is Guatemala’s first female Attorney General - although she will not be holding the position for much longer. She is not being made to leave her position for reasons of...
Janet Mock is one of the most visible, active, and outspoken women of colour in US media today. A former editor at People with a lengthy and impressive resume to her credit, she’s celebrating the...
Another Super Bowl has come and gone and with it, the new staple of Super Bowl based commercials: the “Imported from Detroit” Chrysler commercials. Starting in 2011 with a highly successful...
Well, the holidays are over, and sure enough, more clashes between protesters and riot police have erupted in Kiev. If you haven’t been paying much attention to what is happening in the Ukrainian...
Musician and activist Ani DiFranco was recently embroiled in controversy after she announced plans for a four-day feminist creativity camp, called the Righteous Retreat, to be held near her...
It is time for the United States to admit that it is no longer facing a battle over public services, or beginning to see the signs of an anti-welfare culture, but that it is in fact actively...
