Waymo Than a Moment: Radical Politics are Possible, and Trump is Proving It

On June 6th, ICE agents, Homeland Security investigators, and FBI officers conducted coordinated raids across multiple locations in Los Angeles — including a fashion district warehouse and a Home Depot parking lot. Like many similar operations across the country, the official goal was ordinary and familiar: arrest and deport undocumented immigrants. Just as ordinary and familiar, immigrant rights groups, union organizers, and other advocates quickly mobilized, staging peaceful protests and demanding an end to the raids. In an alternate universe, reading the above paragraph would have been the first time you’d have heard this story. In that alternate universe, you … Continue reading Waymo Than a Moment: Radical Politics are Possible, and Trump is Proving It

Thoughts on Being a Career Sell-Out, Part 4: An Obscenity

When I was 17, my parents cautioned me not to pursue a career in the arts — lots and lots of dire, strong warnings because I had been continually writing poetry and essays since the third grade (which is when I first learned what ‘poems’ and ‘essays’ were). I’d been recording original songs since I was 12, and my two best friends from high school had the unfortunate experience of witnessing teenage me exploring all manner of creative expression. Indulging these creative compulsions was fine, my parents thought — but just “do it in your free time,” you know. Dutifully … Continue reading Thoughts on Being a Career Sell-Out, Part 4: An Obscenity