Bo “Gdańsk chce do Niemiec” Podszyta germanofobią nagonka na Gdańsk to nie tylko skandaliczna okładka pisma “Sieci”, na której twarz prezydent miasta Aleksandry Dulkiewicz umieszczono tuż obok swastyk. Tygodnik uważany za jeden z medialnych organów partii rządzącej przeprowadził jedynie małą bitwę w całej wojnie wypowiedzianej gdańszczanom. Czyli jednej z najbardziej niechętnych PiS społeczności nad Wisłą.… Continue reading Nowa bitwa o Westerplatte
Category: Politics
Dominica revives
The first glimpse of Dominica from the air, nearly eight months after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, is at once dramatic and ominous. A dark, northern headland rises sharply out of the Caribbean Sea then ascends some 2,800 feet over steep ravines and corrugated ridges to form Morne aux Diables (Devils’ Peak), one of Dominica’s… Continue reading Dominica revives
A closer look at the police response to the Jason Stockley protests
Update, November 15, 2017: A federal judge extended protections to St. Louis protestors in response to a suit filed by the ACLU of Missouri. In her order, U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry restricted St. Louis police from declaring an “unlawful assembly” and enforcing it—through arrests, employing pepper spray, and other tactics—against demonstrators “unless the persons… Continue reading A closer look at the police response to the Jason Stockley protests
Transgender St. Louisans create a home for their own
Gin Calloway was running out of options. She’d grown up with an aunt in the county, dancing jazz, ballet, and tap and performing at The Muny. “I used to run around in my auntie’s heels and stockings,” she recalls. Then, in her teens, Calloway moved in with her mother, who didn’t support her daughter’s identity.… Continue reading Transgender St. Louisans create a home for their own
ZEKE: Book Reviews
ZEKE Reviews AFGHANISTAN BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR Paula Bronstein University of Texas Press, 2016 204 pp. Once in a while a book comes along that is so beautiful to look at and so painful to contemplate that the mind gets entangled somewhere between the art of seeing and the subject matter being seen. In Paula… Continue reading ZEKE: Book Reviews