
Streets of New York - the subway
The great thing about the New York subway is the people: it feels like you're seeing people from every place on Earth.

Blues never die: B.B. King reigned but music lives on
No one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Suicide sweeping Indian Country is genocide
There must be an end to this poverty and racist-spawned crisis.

What I learned from my good neighbor, Good Joe
"All good things, all great things, sadly do not last forever. Good Joe passed on this year..."

My story: why Oregon should adopt health care for all
"In my mid-50s, with no savings and less than $17,000 a year in business income, I'm left picking up the pieces of my life."

How advancing technology will change future socialist society
Ever since humans started using sharp rocks to hunt and craft, advancing technology has driven development.

Freddie Gray, burning Baltimore and constitutional rights
While in police custody, Freddie Gray's spine was "80 percent severed at the neck."

Leaked emails a reminder of comics' anti-woman problem
Emails uncovered by Wikileaks, and anti-woman comments in an interview with Avengers actors, do not paint a nice picture of how Marvel views women.

“I’ll sit out the 2016 elections”: really?
Announcements by candidates running for president are coming fast and furious; the 2016 election campaign has begun.

Cinco de Mayo, USA-style
One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.

