A Tale of Three Hunger Strikes
This week, the hunger strike at Guantànamo Bay Prison reached the six-month mark. Six months ago, during a routine prison inspection, a prison guard kicked and ruthlessly mishandled a Muslim...
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Review: Only God Forgives
Nicolas Winding Refn's follow up to "Drive," "Only God Forgives" is a grotty, nasty, stylish revenge flick set in Bangkok, Thailand. Refn once again reunites with "Drive's" leading man, Ryan Gosling...
Surprise, it’s an old white guy! The new Doctor Who
The world tuned in with bated breath this Sunday to find out who would be the next Doctor, after weeks of speculation and the bandying of names from Helen Mirren to Chiwetel Ejiofor. With Steven...
Can’t Survive on $7.25: The McDonald’s Budget
For low-income people in the US, life is often a paycheque-to-paycheque existence, focused on eking out as much as possible from each measly handout from an employer. With the federal minimum wage...
Review: Netflix’s House of Cards
A dark horse has showed up on this year’s Emmy nominations: the Netflix original series House of Cards, which garnered three nods (Kevin Spacey as outstanding lead in a drama, Robin Wright as...
John Kerry’s Empty Peace Plan
On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israeli and Palestinian leaders had agreed for the first time in three years to meet for “Peace Talks” in Washington, DC. "I am pleased...
The Moral Monday Movement in North Carolina
You wouldn’t exactly know it if you’re in the habit of following national U.S. news happenings by checking out the front page of major news outlets or watching 24 hour cable news networks, but...
Dinner Swap Clubs: Could you rotate cooking duties with your neighbors without things getting awkward?
Forget Celebrity Wife Swap. This is down and dirty neighbor-to-neighbor swapping that brings you into the most intimate recesses of your neighbors’ personal lives: the dinner co-op. Two, three,...
Feminist Solidarity and Fuck Yous: ‘The Heat’ Takes on the Buddy Cop Genre
It’s tempting to review The Heat, the lady-centric buddy cop comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, by focusing on what the movie is not. It is not an action vehicle made by men, for men; the...
The Effects of Defeating DOMA on Poor Families
Last week, the United States Supreme Court struck down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage as between only one man and one woman. When it was in place, this...