The Social Costs of Money Bail
Take a moment to recall all the things you did between ages 17 and 20. Maybe you got your driver’s license, took the SAT, went to prom, graduated high school, applied to and started college, had a few “first” experiences. The teen years are lionized as the “golden” years in our culture.…
The Revolution Will Not Be Painterly
The current round of installations at Project Row Houses, Shattering the Concrete: Artists, Activists and Instigators, “explor[es] the role that art can play in challenging our current political paradigm and fomenting political change.”…
WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU MELONS
What often gets lost in our culture of immediate self-expression is the "recollected in tranquility" bit.…
Something Rotten in the State of the (Fresh)Arts
Just days before it's annual gala, FreshArts's former executive director, Jenni Rebecca Stephenson, files suit for defamation.…
The Failed Promise of The Texas Miracle
When our elected representatives spend money on corporate subsidies, that money should benefit working families.…
