NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IN According to Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, being found in possession of 15g of heroin, or 500g of cannabis, is enough for one to be presumed to be trafficking. If found guilty, the penalty is death, unless you fulfil specific criteria which would allow a judge to sentence you to life imprisonment, plus caning (judicial corporal

punishment).

THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IN According to Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, being found in possession of 15g of heroin, or 500g of cannabis, is enough for one to be presumed to be trafficking. If found guilty, the penalty is death, unless you fulfil specific criteria which would allow a judge to sentence you to life imprisonment, plus caning (judicial corporal

punishment).

THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

OMG JEFF BEZOS HAS ASKED ME TO BE HIS ACCOUNTANT! I got into a tussle with some rando on Twitter yesterday over the question of ethics in the accounting profession—which, there aren’t any, apparently, as demonstrated by ProPublica, where the tax records of a number of billionaires were just published.It’s the merest cliché that “the rich don’t pay taxes,” but seeing the true extent of it was still a shockeroo. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE Jason Bade is cofounder and President of Pico. In 1955, Milton Mayer published They Thought They Were Free. Drawn from years of post-war interviews, the book sought to understand how ten ordinary, law-abiding Germans had become Nazis. Mayer was a subtle, free-thinking and humane writer and activist with a rebellious streak. YES, DEMOCRACY IS SOCIALISM True self-government, it turns out, is indeed equivalent to socialism. This is a dangerous time, but it’s also a clarifying one. Fully aware of the stakes, and unwilling to share their wealth or lose status, Republicans have declared war on government by and for the people, embracing revanchist minority rule instead. PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

THE SPRING OF AIR

The Spring of Air. “If science is the constellation of facts, theories, and methods collected in current texts,” as Thomas Kuhn put it in 1962, “then scientists are the men who, successfully or not, have striven to contribute one or another element to that particular constellation.”. But the “if” at the beginning of

this sentence in

IN SEARCH OF THE VERANDAH BOYS In radio debates, the term is often heard used as a collective noun, to describe the youth or the unemployed masses that gather at political rallies. “Verandah Boys” defies clear definition, but it’s a term any Ghanaian will know, and though it predates independence, it is intimately tied to the establishment of Ghana as a

sovereign nation.

“WE’VE BEEN PSYOP-ED WITH A RUSTY KNIFE.” Around 11 a.m., one of my friends sent me a message: “We’ve been psyop-ed with a rusty knife.”. It’s a reference to all the propaganda we’ve been subjected to (as well as some personal operations more visible critics have experienced). Regime propaganda targets someone or something new every day: political opponents, ISIS,

the CIA

LA VÍSPERA DE AÑO NUEVO La víspera de Año Nuevo. To refer to the fiesta that begins on 31 December in the city of San Miguel de Allende as a “New Year’s Eve” party would be to misrepresent it. Many other fiestas come around during the year—Mexican Independence Day, the celebration of the Revolution of 1910, the Day of the Crazies, and more, including

the

OTTESSA MOSHFEGH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh writes to President Donald Trump. Each comment or response costs a tiny ETH fee of 2.0E-5 (about 5¢ in Ethereum cryptocurrency), payable from your Metamask.io wallet (the wallet is free, and takes just a moment to add to your browser).

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IN According to Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, being found in possession of 15g of heroin, or 500g of cannabis, is enough for one to be presumed to be trafficking. If found guilty, the penalty is death, unless you fulfil specific criteria which would allow a judge to sentence you to life imprisonment, plus caning (judicial corporal

punishment).

THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: THINGS WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IN According to Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, being found in possession of 15g of heroin, or 500g of cannabis, is enough for one to be presumed to be trafficking. If found guilty, the penalty is death, unless you fulfil specific criteria which would allow a judge to sentence you to life imprisonment, plus caning (judicial corporal

punishment).

THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

OMG JEFF BEZOS HAS ASKED ME TO BE HIS ACCOUNTANT! I got into a tussle with some rando on Twitter yesterday over the question of ethics in the accounting profession—which, there aren’t any, apparently, as demonstrated by ProPublica, where the tax records of a number of billionaires were just published.It’s the merest cliché that “the rich don’t pay taxes,” but seeing the true extent of it was still a shockeroo. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE Jason Bade is cofounder and President of Pico. In 1955, Milton Mayer published They Thought They Were Free. Drawn from years of post-war interviews, the book sought to understand how ten ordinary, law-abiding Germans had become Nazis. Mayer was a subtle, free-thinking and humane writer and activist with a rebellious streak. YES, DEMOCRACY IS SOCIALISM True self-government, it turns out, is indeed equivalent to socialism. This is a dangerous time, but it’s also a clarifying one. Fully aware of the stakes, and unwilling to share their wealth or lose status, Republicans have declared war on government by and for the people, embracing revanchist minority rule instead. PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

THE SPRING OF AIR

The Spring of Air. “If science is the constellation of facts, theories, and methods collected in current texts,” as Thomas Kuhn put it in 1962, “then scientists are the men who, successfully or not, have striven to contribute one or another element to that particular constellation.”. But the “if” at the beginning of

this sentence in

IN SEARCH OF THE VERANDAH BOYS In radio debates, the term is often heard used as a collective noun, to describe the youth or the unemployed masses that gather at political rallies. “Verandah Boys” defies clear definition, but it’s a term any Ghanaian will know, and though it predates independence, it is intimately tied to the establishment of Ghana as a

sovereign nation.

“WE’VE BEEN PSYOP-ED WITH A RUSTY KNIFE.” Around 11 a.m., one of my friends sent me a message: “We’ve been psyop-ed with a rusty knife.”. It’s a reference to all the propaganda we’ve been subjected to (as well as some personal operations more visible critics have experienced). Regime propaganda targets someone or something new every day: political opponents, ISIS,

the CIA

LA VÍSPERA DE AÑO NUEVO La víspera de Año Nuevo. To refer to the fiesta that begins on 31 December in the city of San Miguel de Allende as a “New Year’s Eve” party would be to misrepresent it. Many other fiestas come around during the year—Mexican Independence Day, the celebration of the Revolution of 1910, the Day of the Crazies, and more, including

the

OTTESSA MOSHFEGH'S LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh writes to President Donald Trump. Each comment or response costs a tiny ETH fee of 2.0E-5 (about 5¢ in Ethereum cryptocurrency), payable from your Metamask.io wallet (the wallet is free, and takes just a moment to add to your browser). POPULA – "INCORRUPTIBLE"MY AIRPORTME TODAYMY DICTATORCOMICSTHINGS

UNSEENSTILL MAD

Greg Grisolano. Ten years after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history ripped through his town, an ex-newspaper reporter remembers all that was lost and all that was left. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars

TALL MAN OUT

Satyajit Ray was perhaps the most consequential South Asian artist of the twentieth century. He is remembered foremost as a filmmaker. Championed abroad as India’s first true auteur, his works—from the debut Pather Panchali (1955), the first of the celebrated ‘Apu Trilogy’—are enshrined in the canons of world cinema. In addition to filmmaking, Ray was a prolific graphic designer

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

POPULA – "INCORRUPTIBLE"MY AIRPORTME TODAYMY DICTATORCOMICSTHINGS

UNSEENSTILL MAD

Greg Grisolano. Ten years after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history ripped through his town, an ex-newspaper reporter remembers all that was lost and all that was left. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND BITCOIN BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY IS James Surowiecki reported in 2012 that “only about 10 percent of the U.S. money supply — about $1 trillion of the roughly $10 trillion total — exists in the form of paper cash and coins.” (The number now appears to be about $1.5 trillion out of $13.7 trillion.) There is nothing stopping our banking system from creating more dollars

TALL MAN OUT

Satyajit Ray was perhaps the most consequential South Asian artist of the twentieth century. He is remembered foremost as a filmmaker. Championed abroad as India’s first true auteur, his works—from the debut Pather Panchali (1955), the first of the celebrated ‘Apu Trilogy’—are enshrined in the canons of world cinema. In addition to filmmaking, Ray was a prolific graphic designer

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal

1945 & 1948

1945 & 1948. Before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), there was the Pan-African Congress’s Declaration to the Colonial Workers, Farmers, and Intellectuals (1945). It opens with an unambiguous condemnation of imperialism: PUSSY AND THE PRIVATE PARTS Ulli Lust was born in 1967 in Vienna; moved to Berlin in 1995, where she now lives as a cartoonist. Her published work includes pieces of comics journalism featuring pointed observations on modern life as well as erotic-mythological poems. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

in

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada “LIBTARD” IN THE CHINESE STYLE Pocket. “Left” (左) in Chinese is a tricky word. Chinese will sometimes refer to themselves as “left” when they mean “patriotic” or “nationalistic”; someone might say, “I’ve been very leftist since I was a kid,” when they actually mean “I’ve been very patriotic since I was a kid.”. More than one

self-identified

POPULA – "INCORRUPTIBLE" Greg Grisolano. Ten years after one of the deadliest tornadoes in history ripped through his town, an ex-newspaper reporter remembers all that was lost and all that was left. JANE JACOBS AND DELHI’S LOCKDOWNS Anandi is a Delhi-based writer and communications professional who has worked as a reporter for The Times of India and The Hindu. Her writing has also been published by or is forthcoming in Mint, Los Angeles Review of Books, 3AM Magazine, ANDREW YANG: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES The rise of Andrew Yang comes at an ironic time, at a time in which Asian Americans have faced unprecedented hatred and violence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 4,000 attacks reported at Stop AAPI Hate. In this context, the election of an Asian American mayor in New York City would send a powerful message.

NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

THE KITCHEN DAD

The Kitchen Dad. A blister formed on the base of my index finger. Kevin Koczwara is a writer in Worcester, Massachusetts. The first time I burned my hand in the frialator, I did as my boss Mike instructed and stuck my hand into the big metal bowl of cold, raw chicken and

batter. It

TALL MAN OUT

Satyajit Ray was perhaps the most consequential South Asian artist of the twentieth century. He is remembered foremost as a filmmaker. Championed abroad as India’s first true auteur, his works—from the debut Pather Panchali (1955), the first of the celebrated ‘Apu Trilogy’—are enshrined in the canons of world cinema. In addition to filmmaking, Ray was a prolific graphic designer I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO LOOK IN A DRESS THE WAY ALBERT Trying to live as a type of illusion – a girl trying to be a guy trying to look like a girl. But it’s not an illusion to you. It’s a manifestation. In Defending Your Life, Albert Brooks wears a series of white, flowing garments. The first is an update on the classic hospital johnny, a basic white cotton t

A WALK IN BEIRUT

That’s Beirut—a city navigated by the collective memory of its residents. It is this collective memory and spirit, rather than any state assistance, that will, in time, piece together the historic neighborhoods destroyed by the August 4th blast. Jisr Hadeed was gone

last December. It

“WE’VE BEEN PSYOP-ED WITH A RUSTY KNIFE.” Around 11 a.m., one of my friends sent me a message: “We’ve been psyop-ed with a rusty knife.”. It’s a reference to all the propaganda we’ve been subjected to (as well as some personal operations more visible critics have experienced). Regime propaganda targets someone or something new every day: political opponents, ISIS,

the CIA

IN SEARCH OF THE VERANDAH BOYS In radio debates, the term is often heard used as a collective noun, to describe the youth or the unemployed masses that gather at political rallies. “Verandah Boys” defies clear definition, but it’s a term any Ghanaian will know, and though it predates independence, it is intimately tied to the establishment of Ghana as a

sovereign nation.

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NATE POWELL

Nate Powell @Nate_Powell_Art. Nate Powell (b. 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas) began self-publishing at age 14 and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000. He is the first cartoonist ever to win the National Book Award. His work includes the new graphic novel Come Again and civil rights icon John Lewis’ graphic memoir trilogy

March, as well

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March, as well

THE PROS AND CONS OF CHEERLEADING When you’re middle-aged, it’s normal to make shit up. It’s normal to be cynical about things you used to care about way too much, and it’s normal to find yourself seduced by those same things, out of the blue, in spite of your best intentions. It’s also normal THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE Jason Bade is cofounder and President of Pico. In 1955, Milton Mayer published They Thought They Were Free. Drawn from years of post-war interviews, the book sought to understand how ten ordinary, law-abiding Germans had become Nazis. Mayer was a subtle, free-thinking and humane writer and activist with a rebellious streak. THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

DIARY OF A JOURNEY TO ILORIN Diary of a Journey to Ilorin. a return to the road, twenty-six years later. Published on Jun 4, 2021 2:00PM EDT ANDREW YANG: THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES The rise of Andrew Yang comes at an ironic time, at a time in which Asian Americans have faced unprecedented hatred and violence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 4,000 attacks reported at Stop AAPI Hate. In this context, the election of an Asian American mayor in New York City would send a powerful message. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE Jason Bade is cofounder and President of Pico. In 1955, Milton Mayer published They Thought They Were Free. Drawn from years of post-war interviews, the book sought to understand how ten ordinary, law-abiding Germans had become Nazis. Mayer was a subtle, free-thinking and humane writer and activist with a rebellious streak. THE PEOPLE OF FREETOWN Pocket. Edna Lewis knew what it was like to be poor. She was born in 1916 in Freetown, Virginia, a town formed by a group of newly emancipated former slaves, one of whom was Lewis’s grandfather. Flush with farmland, Freetown was a small community, and tight-knit as a result. When Lewis lived there as a child, everyone, even the kids,

worked hard.

PURE LAINE: QUEBEC'S PURITY MYTH Pure Laine. There is a toxic purity myth lurking behind the image of socially progressive Quebec. Lee works at Georgetown University and writes a lot. The first time my friends and I voted was in the 1995 Quebec Referendum. We had all just turned eighteen, and the days leading up to the vote—over whether Quebec should secede from Canada SHOPULA – SUPPORT POPULA! The Popula Digest 2018. $ 9.50 Add to cart. Default sorting Sort by popularity Sort by latest Sort by price: low to high Sort by price: high to low. Showing all 3 results. THE FACE OF PROTEST IN HONG KONG The Face of Protest in Hong Kong. I felt a bit ashamed that I hadn’t recognized him earlier. His image that had been circulating all over the internet at that point, one of the most striking images of Monday’s attempted occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo): A young protester removing his mask, revealing his identity

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