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How to Say Goodbye to a Stranger
For two decades I’ve lived on this short block in Downtown Brooklyn and I can remember nearly every moving…
My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage
While we live under “house arrest” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a good time to revisit what the real thing is like.
Capitalism: Isolated, Sick and Down
The post-Great Recession expansion, the longest bull market in U.S. history, has met the matador. For the second time…
Three Anti-Capitalist Documentaries to Stream During the Shutdown
Right now, it’s easy to feel disconnected. But if you have the energy and time, there are still ways…
The Final Act: How We Can Learn To Face Our Deaths With Clarity And Compassion
Those of us who have lived seven decades or more can set an example by approaching death openly, with curiosity, even with hope.
What To Watch: ‘About a Teacher’ Explores the Struggles of a Public School Instructor & His Students
For decades, teaching has been considered the fallback of the inept. After all, the old chestnut, “Those who can,…
Five Anti-Capitalist Films to Watch While in Isolation
The pandemic we find ourselves in has made one thing unbearably clear: Our society is structured to lift the…
True Originals: The Andrew Edlin Gallery on the Bowery Gives Outsider Artists Their Day
Andrew Edlin’s uncle Paul spent much of his life going from job to job while diligently making art in…
In 1970, Janice Johnson, a Black single mother in Philadelphia, was facing eviction from an old apartment building condemned…