“It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever…

‘You sit in your room, and you talk to the wall You’re feeling small but still have a ball And you can’t explain what’s anyway in vain And you paint your face and dress in black Wear your shades and still can’t express The way you feel about a lousy fill And you dance until the…

In February 2011, I was walking through the Wisconsin State Capitol Building’s rotunda, taking pictures of the tens of thousands of people who streamed through the entrances with colorful signs and pro-union banners and the hundreds of activists who had set up shop on the marble floors, with sleeping bags…

In 1967, situationist philosopher, Guy Debord, wrote his seminal text The Society of the Spectacle. Over the years, I’ve routinely revisited Society, and today, it seems more relevant than ever. With royal scandals, media pageantry, and political malaise, plasticity, and sheer boredom abound, I thought it was a nice time…

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.” ― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden “In eternity, where there is no time, nothing can grow. Nothing can become. Nothing changes. So death created time to grow the things that it would kill, and…

I’m not a labor historian, but I grew up in a long-time union household that instilled a strong sense of working-class values. …

When I was a kid, my dad used to punish me by making me do all sorts of menial and labor-intensive tasks such as raking leaves, but not just our leaves, the whole neighborhood’s leaves; mowing lawns, but not just our lawn, every lawn within eyeshot; and, of course, shoveling…

2020 has been a rough year for everyone. However, while some families complain about missed vacations or family parties, others suffered losses unimaginable to most. Raiden Gonzalez is one of those people. In September, Raiden lost both of his parents, Adan (33) and Mariah (29), to COVID-19. At four years…

“Perhaps my life is nothing but an image of this kind; perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I simply should recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.” ― André Breton “Kilgore had…