Homeless America
Poet Philip Kolin depicts the plight of the homeless: “They give/American progress a bad name…”
food
Olive Oil Prices Surge Over 100% to Record Highs, Sparking Cooking Oil Thefts
CNBC
Olive oil prices spiked to fresh records as severe droughts in major producing continue to crimp supplies — driving desperate people to resort to stealing it.
poetry
Taking Sides
California Rabbi Irwin Keller chooses no sides in the wars but pleads for unconditional peace.
books
Plastic People, Pedal Power and the Strength of Protest
The Guardian
This survey of counterculture protest in late 20th century Europe offers readers a look at a set of movements that are fondly remembered, but that also deserve to be far better known.
film
‘Stamped From the Beginning” This Film Is Needed Now More Than Ever’: Exploring the Roots of US Racism
The Guardian
Netflix documentary 'Stamped from the Beginning' takes Ibram X Kendi’s best-selling book and explores the question ‘what’s wrong with Black people?’
tracing racism throughout American history.
food
The American Heritage Rice Movement Is No Fluff
Taste Cooking
America’s rice roots run deep, though time and time again it’s been underappreciated. The country's rice landscape is more diverse and more glorious than you might think; fresh-grown Heirloom varieties are available from family farms coast to coast.
tv
The Smartest Sci-Fi Show of 2023 Just Dropped a Painfully Realistic Twist
Inverse
As space travel changes, not every single person in space will be an astronaut; eventually, someone will have to clean the space toilets. And when that day comes, we’ll need to talk about labor in space.
books
Abolition After the George Floyd Rebellion
Los Angeles Review of Books
This study, which focuses on the 2020 protests after George Floyd's murder, offers, says reviewer Smith, "the first truly comprehensive account of that summer."
food
Among American Chefs, the Israel-Hamas War Has Spread to Food
New York Times
A recent petition signed by nearly 900 food professionals calling for a cease-fire raises, once again, questions of contested cuisines.
poetry
Their Feet Cross the Threshold
California poet Esther Kamkar speaks about Immigrants, refugees, their perilous conditions In a world of displacement.
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