Above is a portrait of the labor leader Cesar Chavez that was completed by the artist Manuel Acosta. The painting is from 1969. Mr. Acosta lived 1921-1989. Here are some facts about Mr. Acosta and a n… more →
Texas Liberalwrote 6 days ago: Above is a portrait of the labor leader Cesar Chavez that was completed by the artist Manuel Acosta. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: As of this moment, I am in Nantucket, MA. It is a place far removed from urban life. It is full of … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Next American City has a song for your city. For pure blunt representation and overt advertisement, … more →
wrote 6 months ago: This doesn’t surprise me at all, but it’s disturbing nonetheless. Although what can we … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I generally don’t post about new work I’ve had published until the work in question is a … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Even facing attack from Maoist rebels in some places, voters in India went to the polls yesterday … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I’ve been meaning to post several Detroit-related items this week: First, earlier this week, t … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Some of you might have heard me talk about the ChattanoogaWorks project in the past. I’ve been … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Tonight at 1315 Walnut St. in Center City Philadelphia, The Classcast sat down with Diana Lind, Edit … more →