I Don’t Care If Melania Trump Was a Sex Worker and Neither Should You

When Donald Trump lubed up and committed to actually, for real thrusting himself into the American race to be president, I made a little promise to myself. I won’t slut-shame his wife, former model Melania Trump. I won’t slut-shame her in a blog. I won’t slut-shame her on a log. I won’t slut-shame her in a tweet. I won’t slut-shame her with some meat.…

Why Aren’t American Right-Wingers and Islamic Hardliners BFFs?

Illustration by Shelby Hohl   Donald Trump has ridden a lot of…

RNC: Dispatch #1

We decided to do our best Hunter S. Thompson and Norman Mailer impressions and do both the RNC and DNC conventions; a few weeks of frantic calling and emailing protest organizations, political candidates, and public officials ensued.…

Short Takes For a Hot and Troubling July

Yes, these are troubling times for many with Brexit shaking the global economy, police killings on both sides, ISIS and random Middle East bombings, global warming spiking the temperature, Trump raging against just about everything, walkable cities plagued by an invasion of cars from the sprawling suburbs, the awful wealth gap, and nativist unrest against the elites in Great Britain, Europe, and elsewhere.…

#WhitesAgainstTrump: Twitter’s Gift During the GOP Debate

#WhitesAgainstTrump: Twitter’s Gift During the GOP Debate

The GOP candidates took the stage again on Tuesday night to win…

True Colors: Politician’s Use of Music Without Consent

Photo:  Terry Richardson   Right now, our country ahead of pretty much…