Skin Deep | Buddy Guy

Playing For Change and Buddy Guy unite to record and film his anthem, “Skin Deep.” The song includes over 50 musicians from coast to coast.

What Would a Socialist America Look Like?

Politico Magazine Politico
We asked thinkers on the left—and a couple of outliers—to describe their vision for a re-imagined American economy. Just a decade ago, “socialism” was a dirty word in American politics. Not anymore.

From Mollie Tibbetts' Father: Don't Distort Her Death to Advance Racist Views

Rob Tibbetts, Guest columnist Des Moines Register
Politicians and pundits used Mollie’s death to promote various political agendas. We appealed to them and they graciously stopped. Sadly, others have ignored our request. They have instead chosen to callously distort and corrupt Mollie’s tragic death

A Postcard from Ursula LeGuin

John Crowley Boston Review
An homage to the then recently deceased, superlative science fiction writer who encouraged the author, an apprentice novelist adrift in the publishing world, to be a better reader as well as an accomplished scribbler of exemplary fiction.