by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage On August 4, 2015, workers arrived at a manufacturing facility in Zhengzhou, China, ready to begin their shift assembling iPhones. On their way into the building, they passed the body of a 28-year-old male who had thrown himself from the roof. Chinese electronics […]
by Bruno Lima Rocha/Kurdish Question With this paper I hope to begin a theoretical-normative demonstration of the necessity and capacity for formulating a new framework for analysis of the international system. Analytical proposals and formulations are hegemonically linked to a realist and statist logic. In starting this essay, […]
by Nay Briggs/Guest The Ban The Box campaign definitely hits home for me and is catching fire in Utica. I had the great opportunity in April at Mohawk Valley Community College to join forces with other supporters of this fast-growing campaign and discuss the ways that it negatively effects our communities now, but […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage On May 6, 2015, the first ever fully automated commercial shipping trucks were launched in Nevada. Run by a fairly simple system of cameras and radar, the trucks have been heralded as the future of getting things from here to there. The trucks, […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage I’ve been asked by a number of people why I traveled to Mexico and Cuba, or to put it in their exact language: “Why the hell did you go there for?” and, invariably, “You’re crazy.” And of course, this is followed by […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Over the summer, there was a palpable atmosphere of excitement in Utica as if a parade could spontaneously come into existence. No our Utica Comets hadn’t won the Calder Cup. Turns out that our governor, Andrew Cuomo, had announced big news about the […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage Years ago, during the surge in antiwar activity during the Bush administration I assume, I signed up for MoveOn.org newsletters. As such, when someone pursues the MoveOn process as a vehicle to organize a bit of people action, emails are sent out to […]
by Kevin Nugent/Love and Rage Bernie Sanders has been quickly gaining on Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary race since he announced his candidacy in May. While Sanders identifies culturally as Jewish, he recently said “I’m proud to be Jewish,” but “I’m not particularly religious.” Sanders does […]
by Marilee Jolin/South Seattle Emerald 34th and Union. I’ve been to this corner 100 times. A quaint little spot with clean streets, big hanging flower baskets, wine bars and pricey brunch locales. I’ve been here as an employee, a diner, a cyclist, a coffee-shop writer and a shopper. Today […]
by DeRay McKesson/The Guardian Mike Brown should be alive today. He should be home from his first year at college, visiting friends and enjoying summer as he prepares to return to campus. The movement began one year ago as Brown’s body lay in the street of Canfield Drive […]
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