The progressive pundit talks to Street Roots about his new book highlighting American’s history of firearms, which have been a tool of oppression for centuries, he says Literally nowhere, at any time, under any circumstances – even remotely – did any of t ...
31 May 2019 - Emily Green
California-based ABO Comix works with dozens of incarcerated artists Casper Cendre’s small apartment has stacks of letters, envelopes and artwork in every corner. On their monitor is a spreadsheet with hundreds of names, a chronological record of every le ...
24 May 2019 - Quiver Watts
BOOK REVIEW | "American Intolerance: Our Dark History of Demonizing Immigrants” by Robert E. Bartholomew and Anja E. Reumschüssel In November 1688, an elderly Irish Catholic woman named Ann Glover was hanged in Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Colony wa ...
3 May 2019 - Joe Martin
The New York Times journalists discusses his new book, which chronicles the rise of anti-Semitism in the age of Donald Trump “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” According to authorities, these are the wor ...
22 Feb 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Every year, millions of low-level offenders are swept up into the criminal justice system People need to start paying attention to how low-level criminal cases are handled in the United States, acclaimed legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff says. Her new book ...
22 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to communicate through text message, email or soc ...
15 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
Abigail DeVille’s installation at PICA features Street Roots papers, vendor artwork Portland’s Institute for Contemporary Art’s 16,000-square-foot exhibition space in Northeast Portland is the site of Bronx-based artist Abigail DeVille’s massive installat ...
16 Nov 2018 - Helen Hill
Ron Stallworth, the African-American detective who infiltrated the KKK in 1978, talks to Street Roots about his observations undercover In October 1978, Detective Ron Stallworth infiltrated the Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, making him the ...
26 Oct 2018 - Adam Sennott
Trump is not to blame for our societal destruction, the author of 'America: The Farewell Tour' tells Street Roots; the problem is our political and economic systems What’s wrong with us? As a nation, we are riddled with depression and addiction. ...
5 Oct 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
Chris Hedges recommends these primers on imperialism and capitalism When looking for guidance or inspiration for the resistance, Chris Hedges doesn’t put much faith in so-called leaders. Chris Hedges was part of a team of reporters with the New York Times ...
5 Oct 2018 - Joanne Zuhl