In 1967, a Gallup poll spun the yarn that 77 percent of Americans had a “great deal” of respect for law enforcement. For context, let’s run through how turbulent a year that was: Detroit erupted in the worst riots in the nation’s history, fundamentally changing the course of that city’s urban landscape. More than 40…
The public and sports media has turned up the heat on the Cleveland Indians to replace their racist relic of a logo—the grinning, red-skinned Chief Wahoo. Slight progress was made recently when Cleveland replaced the logo on their hats, but left it on the uniform sleeve. Recently, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has taken a more…
By now, you’ve probably heard that as many as 200,000 people will join the Women’s March on Washington come January 21 with the goal of defending women’s rights—otherwise known as human rights. To help make the visual statement of thousands of people marching in unison all the more striking, Los Angeles-based creatives Krista Suh and…
With the price of gasoline ebbing and flowing based on supply, demand and the ever-shifting winds of global politics, a favorite guessing game among transportation wonks and scientists has been the next vehicle power source to go mainstream. Electric cars are clearly very of-the-moment, and liquid natural gas already powers vehicles around the globe. But…
If you’re one of the more than 16 million adults in America affected by depression, and the current advent of fascism feels like a one-way ticket to hell, know that you’re not alone. Watching the country I now call home unravel one headline at a time knocked me off my feet for most of January, threatening to…
When I was a middle school English teacher, I’d spend my off hours hanging out with my friends and family, planning lessons, and buying things for my classes. While most schools provide the basics – copy paper, whiteboard erasers, etc. – I always needed something for my students. One time, I bought 25 novels so my kids…
Julie Foudy proudly embraces her nickname “Loudy Foudy.” The outspoken two-time Olympic soccer gold medalist and ESPN analyst has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights and equity in the field of play since her days as a standout athlete in college and at the Olympic and professional level. Now she is speaking out again,…
On January 15, 2018, Vice President Mike Pence paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday by laying a wreath at the slain civil rights leader’s memorial in Washington, DC. “To honor him,” Pence wrote on Twitter, “let’s rededicate ourselves to the cause Dr. King selflessly advanced, that all men are created equal.”…
The fashion industry has routinely been characterized as frivolous and superficial, but it isn’t always rooted in materialistic consumption. In fact, fashion has often reacted to and reflected its social and political environments. Laid-back hippie counterculture bloomed in the 1970s in resistance to stricter, more tailored fashions of the 1960s, reflecting the era’s emphasis on…
Well, that’s a wrap: within five years, Facebook “will be probably all video,” confessed Nicola Mendelsohn, the media giant’s head of operations for Europe, the Mideast, and Africa, at a recent London conference. Her shocking statement (but was it really?) has made it even more fashionable to cast the future of communication in increasingly visual…