America and Kurdistan’s “enduring bond”
Last week, during a surprise trip to Iraq, Vice President Pence praised what he called the “enduring bond that exists between the Kurdish people and the people of the United States.” It is not...
Category: North America
Hell’s Lookouts: the fire lookouts of the American West
Another day of work finds me and a partner hundreds of feet above the prairies of Coconino County, sweating and swearing under the desert sun. A fire lookout has called down to the Williams office...
#BuyNothingDay? Check your privilege
It is Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving when shops offer huge discounts to shoppers who are ready to face their Christmas shopping. A few years ago, those of us in the UK or Australia didn’t...
#WednesdayWisdom: Who else should Trump pardon?
In rapid succession, Donald Trump has pardoned a turkey and a war criminal, and the turkey clearly got the better bargain. No one wants anything in return from the turkey. Nobody’s saying it should...
A voice for immigrants through ‘Living Undocumented’
The reality of thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States is reflected in the story of eight families in Netflix's new documentary, Living Undocumented. It tries to show that this is...
Revisiting The Campaign: How a 2012 Comedy Foreshadowed Our Current Political Environment
Will Ferrell had a string of memorable comedies in the 2000s-2010s from the likes of Anchorman, Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. There are several other films you can probably list that he did in...
#WednesdayWisdom: The Donald J. Trump Haunted House
This blessed Halloween season, what do you get for the man who has it all? What do you get for someone who already has the presidency, a very exciting if a bit shaky interpretation of reality, and an...
17 Blocks: review
Premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it picked up the Award for Best Editing in a Documentary Feature Film, Davy Rothbart’s 17 Blocks is a compelling, two-decades-long look at...
An exploration of environmental racism through the documentary ‘There’s something in the Water’
The actress Ellen Page, known worldwide for the films Juno and Inception, recently released a documentary that she directed and produced to raise awareness of one of the problems faced by the...
The Reason Behind Donald Trump’s Unwavering Christian Support Is Darker Than You Think
When I was younger, I worked at a juvenile detention center. I got stuck on the dreaded weekend shift that was twelve hours back to back on Saturdays and Sundays. On those Sundays, I would take a few...