I am no longer a citizen of a government that condones gun violence, no matter how indirectly. The congressmen who voted against the assault weapons ban do not represent me. The Supreme Court that, in its misguided historicism, prohibited states [...]

Social impact bonds: An innovative financial instrument that will revolutionize philanthropy? Or a way for profit incentives to erode the altruistic infrastructure of traditional social services? Social impact bonds are a way to fund government-sponsored social programs with private investment [...]

Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

Detroit is a skeleton of a city evocative of a past prosperity, ringed by disproportionately affluent suburbs. While Detroit’s struggles began long before the turn of the century, the political and economic turmoil that has mired the city for the [...]

Since Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term in office, there has been an outcry across America from Republican politicians and citizens, perhaps best exemplified in the endless stream of sad, enraged, and generally disheartened posts on the website [...]

Barack Obama, the legendary speaker that captivated a nation fours years ago, is as it turns out, the second best orator in the family. Tonight, our First Lady killed it. Michelle Obama just gave perhaps the best speech that you [...]

Photo by Josh Sisk Dan Deacon’s new album America is a vacillating nine-track ode to the land that’s played a fundamental, if unwitting, role in shaping his identity. In the artist statement that accompanies America, his eighth full-length offering, he [...]

Born 100 years ago this month in Oklahoma, Woody Guthrie wrote one of the most iconic American folk songs ever, “This Land is Your Land.” Known as the “Dust Bowl Troubadour,” Guthrie’s legend remains as prolific and influential as ever. [...]

Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave. The American Dream. These are ideas that are committed to heart as a kid growing up in the States, and tossed around with patriotic impunity — treacherous it is to dissent [...]

Who: Alison Chernick What she does: Filmmaker Where: New York City, USA What she is working on: A script for a narrative feature that I plan to shoot spring of 2012. It is a film inspired by Maurice Pialat’s Nous [...]

Nearly 10 years after the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, the US Government has confirmed that terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden is dead. It is currently believed that his body is in Pakistan and has undergone DNA [...]