We’re gonna create a whole new America. “[Immigration reform] has nothing to do with race, with country of origin, with ethnicity. Nothing. It is an American issue. It’s citizenship that is under attack.” “If what he means by that (is) we represent a threat to the culture of this country, then he is right because we’re Continue Reading
ArchivesFebruary, 2012
13FebIf you want to change the world, you’ve got to tell stories
Photograph by Will Okun Journalism can make us care — or it can numb us to human suffering. China is a major fixation in my imagination, but this fascination doesn’t help much. I keep stacking away essentials to to-read shelves. China Wakes is an excellent exception. It just happens to be a terrific book by Continue Reading
01FebCinema, citizenship and the promise of the Internet
Piracy is typically portrayed as the vice of only those who wish to steal media for the sake of self-indulgent entertainment. But ‘file sharing’ is also, for some, the only means of gaining access to educational material or information censored by oppressive governments, let alone revolutionary inspiration — openDemocracy.net “Here is just one example of the Continue Reading