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Projection artists bring light to social issues with attention-grabbing protests
Members of activist group The Illuminator projected an image of Edward Snowden onto ash in a Brooklyn park. Photo courtesy of Emily Andersen/The Illuminator For about 10 minutes, in a Brooklyn park on...
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After the Juggalo March on Washington, a long legal fight ahead
Juggalos, fans of the rap group Insane Clown Posse, gather at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on September 16, 2017 to protest the FBI’s classification of the group as a...
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Burn this story about Yoko Ono after you’ve read it
Yoko Ono pauses at one of the entry points to her art work “Entrance” at the Teatro Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil. Photo taken in 1998. Photo by Reuters The instructions were simple, but take years to...
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These provocative posters will make you think differently about ‘We the People’
An image from “We the People,” ThoughtMatter’s project to make the U.S. Constitution more accessible. Courtesy of ThoughtMatter Americans don’t know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed...
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Author Angie Thomas sheds light on ‘private, hidden conversations’ about...
Author Angie Thomas’ novel “The Hate U Give” has been named a finalist for a National Book Award. The founder of the creative writing program that inspired author Angie Thomas to write “The Hate U...
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Banning books like ’13 Reasons Why’ makes it harder for teens to open up to...
Photo by Education Images/UIG via Getty Images When Hannah Baker, a fictional teen in the young adult novel “Thirteen Reasons Why,” records 13 tapes explaining why she took her own life, it’s her way...
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Behind the castle doors, a crew of Renaissance fair workers find family amid...
Actors Brian Douglas and Ruta Douglas Smith portray Thomas Boleyn, the Viscount Rochford, and Elizabeth Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Photo by Abbey Oldham/PBS...
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3 books you need to read to understand the Civil War
Workers remove monuments to Robert E. Lee, commander of the pro-slavery Confederate army in the American Civil War, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a Confederate general, from Wyman Park in Baltimore,...
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Why MacArthur ‘genius’ Viet Thanh Nguyen says writers should make people...
Viet Thanh Nguyen at a book reading at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, April 18, 2016. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) “I think I have to be willing...
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Why the director of ‘Tangerine’ is trading iPhone filmmaking for 35mm
Still from the new film “The Florida Project,” which was shot entirely on 35mm film. Photo by Marc Schmidt, courtesy of A24 “Tangerine” was Sean Baker’s 2015 breakout dramatic comedy about a...
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How Harvey Weinstein came to the rescue of other alleged abusers in Hollywood
Producer Harvey Weinstein in September 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder Long before starmarker Harvey Weinstein was ousted over accusations of sexual misconduct and assault — behavior that stretched...
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5 moody graphic novels that influenced the Harry Potter illustrator’s work
An image from “The Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” out in stores this month. Illustrated by Jim Kay. Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Hagrid and Dumbledore have captivated the...
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Gentrification is awkward, painful and funny in this new web series on North...
In “The North Pole,” residents of North Oakland live through changes in their neighborhood wrought by gentrification. Photo by Danny Telles In the opening scene of the new web series comedy “The North...
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Photos: Four decades of William Wegman’s Weimaraners
Photo courtesy of William Wegman For more than 40 years, artist William Wegman has been making portraits and videos of his beloved Weimaraner dogs, who have appeared in numerous publications and on...
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‘How do I know she’s being forced?’: New exhibit reveals the dark underbelly...
Credit: Kay Chernush Where does human trafficking take place? In Russia, China, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo and… all over the United States. Labor trafficking occurs in elder care, nail...
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