That Democrats today appear far more unified is testament in part to the work of Biden, Sanders and their teams over the past several months to avoid a repeat of the 2016 experience. But the unity owes much more to the occupant of the White House, whom many Democrats fear…

During the summer, I will be sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past nine years. You can see all those collections from the first eight years here. Here are the ones I’ve posted so far: This Year’s Most Popular Q&A Posts Race & Racism in…

The Democratic Party has inclusion in its platform. So why are there no Muslim speakers in the Democratic National Conventions primetime lineupand only a handful of Latinx voices?  Thats a question activists and organizers are putting out on the front lawn in the days leading up to the Democratic National…

With election day fast approaching, Sony Music Group is launching a new campaign to encourage voter registration and share resources about the voting process. The non-partisan civic initiative, dubbed “Your Voice, Your Power, Your Vote,” will offer voting-related tools and resources for Sony Music Group employees, artists and songwriters to…

In the middle of the blazing summer of 1848, more than 300 people gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, for the nations very first womens rights conference. By the end of that convention, the participants would vote on 11 womens rights resolutions, including the affirmation that women in the United…

As the impacts of the pandemic began to take hold in April, the Sundance Institute created a $1 million fund to aid artists and organizations. After distributing a portion of the money directly to artists earlier this summer, Sundance on Thursday announced the recipients of 39 grants totaling $405,500: storytelling…

Women’s Work is a new project by artist and designer Olivia Johnson that uses cross stitch to visualise data about inequality and discrimination at work. The Portland-based creative chose the medium of cross stitch because it’s “something that tends to be labelled as ‘kitsch’ and women’s hobby craft” and so…

At a New York basketball court splashed with vibrant street art, a glimpse of relief emerges.  Teens in masks shoot hoops while music blasts from portable speakers under the blazing sun. As the teens dribble, pass and shoot, the heavy toll that the coronavirus pandemic has taken on Yonkers, a…

Garnished with sharp points of view and organic debate, Diego Lunas dinner conversations in his new Amazon Studios show Pan y Circo (Bread and Circus) take a stab at dissecting some of the most contentious issues of our time. For each episode, the famed Mexican actor, director, and producer enlisted…

Now, after turning away sitting politicians in Congress and Albany, the latest iteration of the movement will face its first citywide test. New Yorkers will elect a new mayor in 2021, when term limits force out Bill de Blasio. The race provides a chance for the most liberal wing of…