Young activists often look back longingly on the 1960’s civil rights marches or anti- Vietnam War protests and feel they missed a chance to make history. Some got this sense of historic purpose during Obama’s 2008 campaign, but nothing emerged
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The EU has passed a financial transaction tax. What’s America waiting for? Last week, 11 European nations forged ahead to create a new tax while American Republicans walked backward into a no-new-tax trap. On Jan. 22, the European Union gave
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A confluence of celebrations accompanies Kino Classics’ timely DVD restoration of the National Film Registry honored documentary “King—A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis” (hereafter, “King”). Most recently, the second inauguration of America’s first black president took place before this writing. Predicting
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There will be a grand opening today at 150 Otis Street in San Francisco for Veteran Commons, a joint project to house homeless veterans led by the Chinatown Community Development Center and Swords to Ploughshares. Both groups deserve enormous credit
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The heart may be the most enduring symbol of Valentine’s Day, but here’s another image: second graders using giant “scoop” style corn chips to eat the neon pink frosting from atop their cupcakes. Every year, epicurean excess like this happens
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50 years after the 1963 March on Washington, America’s first Black President has completed his second Inauguration! President Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in on the day the nation observed the annual federal holiday to honor the birth of Dr.
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