Science Saturday–Oil Spill Edition
Birds are already starting to turn up covered in oil. National Geographic has some early photos.In what will come as a surprise to almost no one, it’s being reported that BP had almost no plan in place...
View ArticlePolitics Sunday
Is it just me, or does it feel like everything is about to explode?Last night in San Francisco, there were a gazillion riot cops for a few anarchists who took over a school and may or may not have...
View ArticleOil Spill Update
NOAA releases oil trajectory forecasts for the Gulf coastline.This NY Times article suggests Floridians are mad at their neighbors over the oil spill, and we are now, but less than 2 years ago, we were...
View ArticleThe Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Rigoberto González
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Rigoberto González about his new book Our Lady of the Crossword, cover image censorship, the BP oil disaster, and what it’s like to have a poem of yours read at a...
View ArticleVoices on Addiction: War Hero
On April 20, 2010 at 9:56 p.m., the day my husband’s body was found, an explosion occurred on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, killing eleven crew members and injuring...
View ArticleDrip
George Washington isn’t wearing a durag. This is my first thought when I pick up the quarter off the sidewalk on my way back from taking out the trash. I brought it close to my face, and the sun...
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