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Frozen in the Heart of Texas

Gus Breslauer

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Here in Houston, we are no stranger to natural disaster. Our addiction to the petrochemical industry should qualify us as masochists. I lived through Tropical Storm Allison, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Harvey, and countless flood events in-between. ...

On Bruce Springsteen and his Super Bowl Ad…Two Short Essays

John Garvey and Mike Morgan

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“Against the Middle” By John Garvey Thereโ€™s a chapel in Kansas Standing on the exact center of the lower forty-eight. It never closes. All are more than welcome To come meet here, in the middle. Itโ€™s ...

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How Reddit Fight Club Pissed Off Wall Streetย 

Zhandarka Kurti

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โ€œMy barber made $28Gs on Robinhood,โ€ my brotherโ€™s best friend texted me early Thursday morning. A minute later, I received another ping but this time from my brother. โ€œReddit took down Wall Street. David versus Goliath,โ€ ...

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Ho Ho This!

Mike Morgan

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Christmas is here and if you live in America you know this because the bombardment starts on Thanksgiving.ย  The television commercials are a dead giveaway, plus the specially named shopping days, โ€œBlack Fridayโ€ or โ€œCyber Monday.โ€ย  ...

On the Current Crisis in South Africa

Hard Crackers Editors

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Hard Crackers has reached out to a South African independent social justice publication called New Frame Magazine.ย  New Frame describes itself as such:ย  We are dedicated to a pro-poor, pro-working class focus that aims to report ...

Class on Crack

Ilja Svenouz

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This is a story about crack, and everything that cracks underneath its weight. For the uninitiated, some exposition is warranted. The genre of the gonzo drug abuse romp has had its day, and neither is this ...

Comix notes around Covid-19

Barthรฉlรฉmy Schwartz

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I started these “comix notes around Covid-19” at the beginning of the pandemic in France. It wasn’t about finding fun situations in a very dramatic situation, but to offer remarks and thoughts on what’s happening to ...

Stay Safe โ€“ A Short Take On Language In These Times

Mike Morgan

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I was sitting on the local benches with a handful of my pals last Sunday, masked up, pulling on a Crisp Pilsener and shooting the shit.ย  I raised the question about the various crises, in particular ...

“Everyone Agrees”

John Garvey

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When a politician, TV anchor or newspaper opinion writer starts out by saying that โ€œEveryone agreesโ€, I think itโ€™s time to pay attention.ย  There are not too many instances where everybody agreesโ€”except about something thatโ€™s really ...

Dispatches from our new Angry Red Planet

Christian Alexander

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First, Iโ€™m thinking of all my friends and comrades out here on theย West Coast โ€“ with all the fires everywhere. Iโ€™m hoping folks can stay safe, whether itโ€™s just trying to get by, or being part ...

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