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Passover vs Easter: A showdown of Biblical Proportions
The springtime holidays are upon us. Shortly after the vernal equinox we have Easter Sunday and a few weeks later we have the beginning of Passover. Some years they even overlap. Like 50% of young Jews in America I come from an interfaith family so I’ve had the opportunity to

What to Do When There’s a Terrorist Attack Far Away
A day that begins with several explosions that leave tens of people dead and hundreds wounded is a bad day. Today, the bad day was in Brussels. I’m not there, but several of my friends are. They were lucky to have escaped mostly unharmed, but it was a scary and tense morning.

Mills College Adjunct Professors Win Best in Nation Job Protections
Via – Nato Green (Oakland, CA) – Mills College adjunct professors ratified their first ever three-year agreement on Friday, March 18. The new agreement makes significant progress in job security, recruitment & retention of quality professors, and fair compensation. Among the major gains in the three-year contract: *Best-in-the-nation gains on

Here’s your chance to see Mynabirds perform @ Noise Pop’s Swedish American Hall!
After touring the world as a member of the Postal Service in 2013, Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) took a year to get lost. She drove across the US twice, toured South Africa solo, made her first solo appearance in London, and trekked all over Europe with William Faulkner’s words ringing

The Power & Politics In Bogotá’s Street Art Scene
I have been writing my name on shit since I was in high school. Nothing particularly inspired, mostly text but sometimes I do some stencil work. By and large I tend to identify as a garden variety vandal, not an artist. My awkward fumbling in the world of graffiti grant

Book Reviews by Readers Ranging from Clueless to Insane
The hilarious book reviews of best selling books, by clueless weirdos found on goodreads.com

Elizabeth Warren Is Destroying Trump on Twitter Right now (Updated)
The revered Senator from Massachusetts has been asked by many to be the Democratic candidate for President. She’s declined thus far and has refrained from endorsing any candidate. Today she weighed in on one candidate in particular, the presidential candidate who has had 4 of his businesses declare bankruptcy in the past,