Children of the Land

In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, we explore Beringia, Two Spirits, Code Talkers, Little Bighorn, and modern indigenous America.

Homeless in Wine Country

The increasing magnitude of California wildfires has become more than an annual story. This year the story spread notably to Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, in unprecedented fashion, making it impossible to ignore that our environment is dramatically changing, whether or not we agree on cause.

“A Long, Violent History”

Tyler Childers will speak eloquently for himself. Rolling Stone covered the release last month of the native Kentuckian’s surprise record, Long Violent History, inspired in June of this year.

Like Adults (But Different)

“Act like adults.” How many times have you heard somebody plead this in utter frustration with others arguing about politics? How many times have you said it yourself? It seems obvious that grown people should be able to resolve differences without bickering or all-out fighting. You manage, at least most of the time, right?

October! Surprise!

It is that month. The one we have every four years, in which Americans are battered daily with presidential election fireworks until they just want to fall asleep and not wake up again until Christmas morning. This year, however, we’re not sure when Christmas morning is coming, and the fireworks have been going off all year.

Fare thee well, Justice Ginsburg

As September 18 marked the passage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the bona fide champion of women’s rights, America quite viscerally felt the end of an era.

Collateral damage?

The coronavirus pandemic has left us without a great many things. Most of us live in a nebulous state of suspension grief, for all the previous normalcy we’ve left behind, and for the uncertainty of its return. But on a brighter side, some things we’ve left behind, dare we say, happily?

Policing in America – A Beginning

A brief relationship history of America’s Thin Blue Line and America’s Black population, from post-Civil War beginnings to modern day protests.