Tag: aug 01 2019 issue
Drumming up support for the Dream and Promise Act
Javier Pineda learned to ride a bike when he was 12 years old. It was on a silver and red BMX single-speed from Walmart...
Hard truths
Dear Dan: I’m awoman who married young (21) and I’ve been with my husband for seven years. Within the last year, I’ve realized that...
Keeping tradition alive
Troy Andrews was handed a trombone at the age of 4, and he’s never looked back.
“I think at that time that was one of...
Growing tasteful turf
When it came to his own backyard, Coulter Lewis went back to an old mantra: You have to meet people where they are, not...
Get uplifted
There’s a panel at this year’s ARISE Music Festival called The End of Loneliness, and in a way it sums up exactly what ARISE...
‘And she was loved!’
With the wisdom of the wise and the smile of a sage, Toni Morrison sits before the camera. No background behind her, nothing in...
The hope in play
America was reborn after World War II. Industries that thrived producing goods during and for the war sought new means of production. Everyday Americans...
Snippet of a Man Talking About His New Television Set
So I was walking around the store, just out grabbing a few things for the house and I just happened to wander into the...
The problem with decriminalization in New York
The national tide on marijuana legalization is turning, surely, and one of the first steps change-wary states make is to decriminalize use and possession...
Why edibles may affect you differently than smokables
Here’s something you’ve probably already figured out for yourself: eating weed has a very different effect on you than smoking it. Not that we...
Letters: 8/1/19
U.S. military can refuse Trump’s orders to war
On August 22, Donald Trump, the president of the United States and commander in chief of the...
A modest proposal to prevent meddling in our elections
I have a modest proposal for a sure-fire, 100-percent certain way of keeping Putin or anyone else from meddling in American elections.
Get rid...
