Victor Pontes-Macedo “Exposition” RIP

It can open your eyes, but it can’t see for you.

— Exposition: Sketches of Pain

Hip-hop opened my eyes and taught me to see the world for myself.

The Rabbit and the Turtle

The weight of a shell

There once was a rabbit and a turtle who lived in a field.

One day, they noticed another field across the road. The other field had taller, greener grass and a nice pond.

5. ON THE LIST: THE FOOD STAMP CUT-OFF

The people who need food aid the most are gonna lose it.

Every week, The Shit List shares one problem. Here’s what we’re adding.

Inequality determined by means and scale of energy capture

Recently, I attended a fascinating talk by Ian Morris, who put forward the slightly uncomfortable, but also rather logical, argument that there is an “ideal” level of inequality for each type of society and that the defining…