Arts Oct 23 Photos: These are the faces of Syria, from around the world As images of desperate Syrian refugees make headlines, Nour Nouralla is one of a group of photographers bringing focus to the individual faces and voices that share a Syrian identity with the project “Syrian Eyes of the World.”…
Arts Oct 22 Meet the woman who’s standing up to gentrification in her working class Bronx neighborhood Jerome Avenue in the Bronx is a hub of working class families, but residents worry that their way of life could be at risk under a proposed idea to rezone 57 blocks along the street.
Poetry Oct 19 Chicana writer on the poetry embedded in her migrant father’s rough hands Poet and activist Marilynn Montaño did not know what it meant for her parents to be undocumented until middle school. Montaño, who was born in the U.S., witnessed her parents’ efforts to gain papers that would allow them to legally…
Arts Oct 14 The chilling, abstract blueprints of war from the mind of Syrian artist Waseem Marzouki Art, politics and military images collide in Syrian artist Waseem Marzouki’s work as he explores the complex power systems at play in the Syrian war.
Poetry Oct 12 What racial, disability and LGBTQ justice have in common For Kay Ulanday Barrett, poetry is a testimony to survival. The poet testifies to living at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities: “transgender, disabled, a person of color [and] from a rough economic background,” he said. “It’s been my struggle…
Arts Oct 08 Svetlana Alexievich, investigative journalist from Belarus, wins Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday to Svetlana Alexievich, a Belarusian investigative journalist who has collected hundreds of firsthand accounts on international conflicts including World War II, the Soviet War and the Chernobyl disaster.
Arts Oct 06 Thousands gather to create human peace sign for John Lennon’s 75th birthday Thousands of people gathered in Central Park's East Meadow today as Yoko Ono led an attempt to create the largest-ever human peace sign in commemoration of what would have been John Lennon's 75th birthday.
Poetry Oct 05 What we lose when we forget Native American history Lisa Yankton, a Minneapolis-based poet and member of the Spirit Lake Dakota, carries Dakota history and tradition forward through poetry.