Category: Culture
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Zombies and Guns
When did a movie monster become a reason for purchasing weapons? Kelly J. Baker considers, in this excerpt from her book, The Zombies Are Coming.
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Did Arne Duncan Just Surrender on Standardized Testing?
Days ago, the U.S. Department of Education announced a dramatic policy shift on standardized testing of public school students. But it may be worse than what it replaces. Bernie Horn reports.
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Meet the 1 Percenters Finding Solace in Wealth Redistribution
A growing cadre of the owning class is crafting a healthier relationship to the other 99 percent: “It is not about individual therapy or even engaging in philanthropy or charity. It’s about collective action.”
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The Downsides of Cheap Abundance
Ralph Nader considers a world of cheap abundance–and its unintended consequences.
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Open Access is a Human Rights Issue
Academic publishing–much of it publicly financed–continues to lock itself behind paywalls while researchers create cute ways around the system. Elliot Harmon tells you why this is a human rights issue.
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Prison Phone Calls
When capitalism incapacitates its most precious capital–people. Pamela Gerber considers.
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In Powerful Gesture of Black-Palestinian Solidarity, Many Declare ‘When I See Them, I See Us’
Leading Black and Palestinian cultural workers, scholars, and organizers have extended a powerful message of solidarity across bounds of occupation.
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The View from Nathan’s Bus: Back on the 7, 6pm-9pm
Seattle’s favorite Metro driver returns with the next piece in his recollection of one particular evening shift.
