Staying Alive: The Necessity of Art (Part III)

  Art is often viewed in commercial societies (those engaged in gathering, hoarding and consuming resources) such as ours as … More

Historical Repetitions (and Other Forms of Seeing for Consideration): a

  I refuse to live in fear. I’m told about the many frightening things ahead for us because of Trump’s … More

The NRA’s Convenient Gun-Reform Policy

  Let us recall the words of abolitionist Lloyd Garrison in this process of truth telling: “ I will be … More

Registries and Other Post-Modern Curiosities

I’m curious what would happen if we create a registry for Muslims we also create a registry for all White … More

Evolving Forms of Entertainment

Thank G-d for television, Netflix, cable, video games and movie theaters. Remember when lynching Black Americans was a form of … More

Making the Count: Our Rights and Duties

Election season is upon us, again. It is a joyous time, one full of demanding intellectual rigor, requiring contemplation and … More

The Missing Word in the Black Lives Matter Movement

Like many of us, I’m deeply wounded by the regular enactments of violence in the United States, no matter the … More

Video: Walking With Our Parents (A Tribute to the Survivors of Slavery)

  Walking With Our Ancestors is a collaborative film, created as a tribute to the survivors of slavery and to … More

Centuries in the Making: The Legacies of New Orleans, A Retrospective

Skirting the mighty Mississippi River, a formidable body of water that enabled the trafficking of millions of Africans to her … More