An interview with activist Anne Elizabeth Moore about the tortured birth of the fake New York Times
Two up-and-coming independent arts and culture magazines emerging out of Chicago
Celebrate the season–or gird for the holidays–with a week of holiday recipes
An open letter to white gays and lesbians at the Silverlake Proposition 8 rally
The housing collapse has dire implications for public libraries
In his last days of power, George W. Bush puts the final smudges on a toxic legacy
Think California is a liberal stronghold? Think again.
Bittersweet celebrations around Obama’s victory. A comic by R. John Piche.
A poem to commemorate Obama’s victory by a 12-year-old child of Brooklyn
Nina Paley’s animated feature crosses cultures and ages to recount the timeless story of getting dumped
A story of cultural displacement–being from a mixed background and feeling out of place in your environment
Prop 8 is a stunning aberration in California’s legal history, the codification of bigotry and fear into one of our foundational documents
Instances of racist sentiment in the anti-Proposition 8 movement brings the invisibility of black gays and lesbians into sharp relief
In Anna Melikyan’s “Mermaid”, an un-curtained Moscow and its newest youthful inhabitant mesmerize
The ways we must go forward, now that Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America.
Despite encroaching gentrification, Pilsen’s ethnic community remains as strong and vibrant as ever
Video and photos from the ground at Obama’s rally at Grant Park
What to wear to the after party of the longest and most lame election campaign in U.S. history
I had to fly into St. Louis to vote–but I
Paul M Davis