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Heavily armed SWAT teams are increasingly used for such small tasks as raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking. How did we get here?   Excerpted from "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces...

Pictures today by artist illustrator: Mela Koehler (1885–1960) Good Afternoon I hope that everyone is enjoying the last couple of days, the decision is not the final say in the matter of GLBT issues, but it is a damn big deal….There are a few states...

Photo by Maddy Pauchet Rebecca Ngu I woke up on the morning of November 8th in bed feeling safe, my biggest worry getting to class on time, and ended the night wailing alone in the middle of Poe field. The night America ended I was in J Street. I...

How to live in the waves of deep depression/sadness that are part of watching the rise of fascism? I don’t know how to navigate these feelings, but to accept how deeply painful they are, breathe into them, find some community gardens nearby, connect...

The Night of the Hunter (1955) In the first part of my series on Southern Gothic cinema, I examined the origins of the Southern Gothic subgenre in literature, explored its cinematic emergence in the Pre-Code films of the ‘30s, and discussed subsequent...