This is the grave of Thelonious Monk. Born in 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Monk’s family moved to New York in 1922, part of the Great Migration that took millions of African-Americans ou
Donald Trump may like to play in a truck, but he certainly does not have truckers’ interests at heart: According to the Department of Labor (DOL) Statistics, trucking is one of the most dangerou
I’m a long-term renter, largely for reasons out of my control, which is the vagaries of academia, including having a spouse who lives several hundred miles away. I would like to buy at some poin
Oh, just trying to destroy the records of all their killings and rapes. ICE has asked for permission to begin routinely destroying 11 kinds of records, including those related to sexual assaults, soli
As Charlie Pierce discusses, it’s maybe not such a great idea to not only have the nation’s 4th largest city, but also critical parts of the American infrastructure in an area that will be
Anytime a think tank relies on corporate funding, it makes itself beholden to that corporation. When that corporation is Google and you are New America and one of your groups supports some research th
This is the grave of Alexander Wilson. The Father of American Ornithology, Wilson was born in 1766 in Scotland. He was not wealthy and was apprenticed as a weaver at the age of 7. But inspired by the
I love that the elite can never fail or be held accountable anymore because they can just announce they are “pivoting” to a new position and everyone will take them seriously. It is indeed