Look, I don’t ask much of you, America. And I certainly don’t have a whole lot of faith in our nation’s government to do the right thing anymore. The administration and Congress can’t seem to get their act together on some of the most basic functions of governance, much less sticky, contentious problems like gun [...]
On a blazing weekday afternoon, SpaceGhostPurrp is staring out at an abandoned park in his old northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood, and mocking the area’s attempt to re-brand. The rapper and his friends and family grew up knowing it as Carol City, but new signs and the occasionally circling cop cars all insist it’s now “Miami Gardens.” [...]
Shelton Hank Williams has been relatively prolific of late. At mega-label Curb Records, he made only six albums in 15 years. But in the year since leaving Curb and recording under Hank3 Records, the country renegade has launched four albums — all simultaneously, in September 2011. “We don’t believe anyone has done such a thing before [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
