The Reality of Online Activism
Gimel Samera writes about breaking through the cacophony of voices when it comes to online activism and its impact in the offline world.
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American Gods
Noah Klein’s tongue-in-cheek examination of the connection between the Wheaties box and the American dream.
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America the Brutalful
“America’s beautiful face is a conglomerate, a skin of managed myths. Peel it back and the beautiful is revealed as the brutal.” Kent Monroe looks at how racism is interconnected with what it means to be American.
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Remembering A Woman I Didn’t Know, Fighting A War I Don’t Believe In
In memory of Sabeen Mahmud.
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Acceptable Selfies for the Educated Individual
At a time where everyone seems to be on social media decrying the latest controversy or terrorist attack, Emily Eagen explores whether online activism can really make a difference.
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This is Not Their Normal Life—Not at All
“A young man approaches me… He would like to show me his home, his wife and his children. He pushes the tarp to the side, and I look into their 32-square foot residence.” Peder Frederik Jensen reports from the Guiwa refugee camp. Translated from Danish by K.E. Semmel.
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The Window Ajar
“We keep our noses in our private chess games. But at certain moments in our lives this changes. Then, it is as if we get permission and the situation demands we lift our gaze….” New Year reflections from Knud Sønderby, translated from Danish by Michael Goldman.
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The Marital Groupthink
At a time where “femininity” is weighed by the proclivity of procreation, the author ponders what place “the white picket fence” fantasy merits in Pakistan today.
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Art as Protest, Art as Revolution
Can art change the world? Gimel Samera ponders art’s place in socio-political change using the growing civil unrest around the world as the canvas for her argument.
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Deserted by the Great Lakes
“More than the city becoming a haven for business interests, it has become a location where we can plainly see American democracy has failed.” Deonte Osayande reports from Detroit.
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