“I would say that the seriously mentally ill are among the most disenfranchised and marginalized members of society,” said Dr. Paul Linde, author of Danger to Self, in his recent Commonwealth Club …
Poet Sarah Gridley has been selected as a 2010 Creative Workforce Fellow in Literature by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture in Cleveland, Ohio. The $20,000 fellowships are awarded to local …
In an interview today on Democracy Now!, Steven Hill, author of Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age, spoke about fundamental differences between the European …
“Pick up a single grain from the beach, look at it through a magnifying glass, and you have embarked on a journey taken by poets, artists, and philosophers—not to mention geologists”, writes …
There is no place for death in most modern-day American homes. The “parlor”, where wakes used to be held, is now known as the “living room”, as author Nancy Scheper-Hughes notes in …
As a guest on KQED Forum last week, Randall Grahm talked to Michael Krasny about Been Doon So Long, growing grapes in California, the “existential crisis” that changed his winemaking philosophy, and …
Jack O’Dell has spent nearly his entire life working and writing for social justice. In Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O’Dell, editor Nikhil Pal Singh presents a …
The award-winning journal Gastronomica celebrates food and culture with articles, literature, humor, and art selected to challenge and to entertain. Exploring food in all its incarnations, not just the meal on the …
Paul Farmer spoke to Ray Suarez on PBS NewsHour this week about ongoing relief efforts in Haiti, and the difficulty of getting supplies and medical care from scores of volunteers to the …
Since the earthquake in Haiti there has been a torrent of international aid, a growing movement to cancel Haiti’s foreign debts and turn emergency loans into grants, and talk of how Haiti …