The July 10, 1966, march to City Hall from Soldier Field.  ( Chicago Tribune  historical photo) Today, on  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kin...

Protesters and guardsman with a bayonet (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times) Fifty years ago today, the Newark Rebellion , also known--st...

Happy Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day ! Instead of posting a long write-up, I came across a Salon  article by Kali Holloway , origina...

The Cooper Union's Main Building with student protest signs in the windows, 2013 For most of its history, The Cooper Union for th...

One Night Only: Selections from the   Ace Hotel Artists in Residence Program show is still up and running through January 31. Though I w...

For Eric Garner It is now almost a week since I spent an evening (too brief!) and morning as Artist in Residence at the Ace Hotel New Y...

Main building, Cooper Union (with student protest graffiti in the windows) Washington Square Arch Rainy Washington Square Park ...

Marvin Lee Wilson Yet another travesty of justice and a human tragedy, as well as a grotesque misuse of prose fiction, has just unfolde...

Wikipedia, like many sites, is offline today to protest PIPA & SOPA The US Congress is considering two bills, the Senate 's Pr...