I saw Sudan Archives last week in Boston. I was curious what this would be like live. I am a big fan of her 2022 album Natural Brown Prom Queen, though I haven't heard her new album. She brings a unique palette to pop/electronic/R&B because...
Author: Erik Loomis
One of the great mysteries of politics is how national Republicans came to believe that the Latino vote that moved hard to them in 2024 was permanent. I mean, there.
This is a guest post by Western Dave. I want to thank Erik and the other front-pagers for giving me the chance to spread the word about yet another outrage.
This is the grave of Alexander Clay. Born in 1853 in Powder Springs, Georgia, Alexander Stephens Clay was, well, named after the other Alexander Stephens, the VP of treason. In 1853 though, Stephens was considered relatively moderate compared to some southern politicians and also someone...
I had never seen any version of A Star is Born, including the recent one with Lady Gaga. The story is well known--girl wants to be famous in the entertainment.
Community members clash with ICE, other federal officers, Minneapolis police, and other state officers as officials raid Las Cuatro Milpas in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicole.
Not even in Mississippi: A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says. “I just spoke with DHS Secretary Noem about the proposed ICE detention facility in Marshall County,” the Mississippi Republican...
This is the grave of Randall Thompson. Born in 1899 in New York City, Ira Randall Thompson grew up pretty well off. His father was an English teacher at a.
OK........well, I had never seen Paul Mazursky's 1969 film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. In fact, I really knew nothing about it except for the classic image from.
Donald Trump demanded Texas redistrict in the middle of the cycle. His lapdog Greg Abbott was happy to do his master's bidding. This led to a ridiculous map where Texas Republicans assumed that their gains among Latinos would last. It means that it's possible Republicans...
A good piece here on how Trumpian politics have proven quite appealing to the right in Japan and South Korea, two nations with very strong senses of both misogyny and.
Inside this locked cemetery is the grave of Lucretia Mott. Born in 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lucretia Coffin grew up in a whaling family. Her family were early Puritans and.