we’re fucked (up)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/cases/aaron.html
this kid is our future
(Hell, who’s not bitter? )
Child investigated for homework threat to Bush
By Richard C. Lewis
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) – The Secret Service on Thursday said it was investigating a Rhode Island student who wrote a rambling essay advocating violence against President Bush and major U.S. corporations. A homework assignment asked 7th-grade students at John F. Deering [...]
another day, another reason to be ashamed of this country
Though it’s hardly a surprise, the governor of California denied clemency to Stanley Williams, so he’ll be murdered tonight at San Quentin prison.
Check out Professor Kim’s posts (these are just two but there are many on her blog):
http://professorkim.blogspot.com/2005/12/tookies-departure.html
http://professorkim.blogspot.com/2005/12/more-states-consider-death-penalty.html
art in public spaces
Hank Willis Thomas’ work “Priceless,” a photograph created in response to his cousin Songha’s murder using a photograph from his funeral overlaid with text derived from the MasterCard advertising campaign of the same name, has been reproduced as a banner outside of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (http://www.ybca.org/b_ybca.html) as part [...]
unreal – once again, do something
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Police apparently came prepared for gang warfare when they sent three squad cars and a helicopter in response to a 911 call. Instead, they found an 11-year-old girl who had thrown a rock to defend herself as neighborhood boys pelted her with water balloons.
What happened next stunned Maribel Cuevas and her [...]
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- Taking a Break February 8, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 8, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]