Review: Orange is the New Black
I want to love Orange is the New Black. I really, really do. Based on the memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman, the Netflix original series exploded onto computers across the US this July and...
Trayvon Martin, Abdulrahman al-Aulaqi and Observing Drone Policy Through A White Lens
In the week following the George Zimmerman verdict, a stream of articles were published comparing the targeting of young, Black men and the policing of Black communities to the targeting of young,...
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...
Review: The Bridge
Last week, FX, which tries to be the edgier, more adventurous side of Fox, debuted The Bridge, an adaptation of the Swedish/Danish series of the same name, starring Diane Kruger and Demián Bichir....
Review: A Field in England
A Field In England Self proclaimed coward and alchemist’s assistant Whitehead cowers in a field. A battle rages just over the hedgerows, the God of War churns up dirt and sound. The English Civil...
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,...
Egypt: A People Divided
On the night of July 3, exactly 48 hours after General Abdul Fatah Sisi of the Special Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) gave President Morsi an ultimatum—either he listen to the demands of the...