The project disrupts homogeneity with a platform for female and genderqueer youth comic artists Nearly a century has passed since the foundation for modern-day comic books was created in the United States. Although comics had existed within newspapers and ...
8 Sep 2017 - Emilly Prado
Author Robert Wright says mindfulness can help us live better lives and 'endure the Trump era' Buddhists had it right all along, and we have the science to prove it. That’s the premise of a new book from New York Times best-selling author, journ ...
1 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
Photographer Arkady Brown wants to heal, empower and break the stigma – with pictures Arkady Brown, a fine-art boudoir photographer, has set out to create a project that rejects body shame and encourages women to love and know about their bodies – especia ...
1 Sep 2017 - Sarah Hansell
BOOK REVIEW | “Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy,” by Cathy O’Neil If you’ve been denied job after job, even some of those entry-level, low-wage positions, Cathy O’Neil can explain. If the rates you’re ...
1 Sep 2017 - Megan Wildhood
Angie Thomas was afraid YA readers wouldn’t want a novel that explored police brutality and a black teenage experience. It turns out they did. “The Hate U Give” is an award-winning young adult novel mesmerizing teens and adults alike who delve into its pa ...
18 Aug 2017 - Lisa Edge
Progressive organizers should pay more attention to small acts of rebellion, says the Portland author of 'Guerrillas of Desire' HBO is currently catching criticism for rolling out a new show called “Confederate” – an alternative history where sl ...
4 Aug 2017 - Stephen Quirke
His exhibit is at the Art Reach Gallery through July 28, 2017 Art is woven through Dale Washington’s speech, his eyes and his outlook. “Art is the way we handle ourselves impecably as human beings,” he said. “It’s how we talk, it’s how we take care of ou ...
14 Jul 2017 - Street Roots
COMMENTARY | Rick Rubin's 'Naked Against the Rain' has gotten new life; Per Fagereng's 'Jack Moloney’s Century' is a charm DIY literature, though easy enough to produce, is difficult to get to the public. Once it is written, ...
7 Jul 2017 - Douglas Spangle
'They are human beings' who have seen the dark side David Slader first laid his hands on a painting signed “B. Pat” inside a decommissioned jail, located in the cellar of Coquille’s old city hall building. The clown-like face painted with crus ...
30 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
The former Smiths guitarist talks about today’s academic pressure, which he says makes it hard for U.K. kids to become artists, and pays tribute in the wake of the Manchester terrorist attack When Johnny Marr sat down to write his autobiography, “Set the ...
30 Jun 2017 - Saskia Murphy