From left to right, Emma Miolina, her mother and her sister. On their chest, the picture of the disaperaed Marco Antonio. Photo: Radio Media Naranja. Some rights reserved. High Risk Court C recently condemned 3 retired servicemen to 58 years in prison and one soldier to 33 years for the disappearance of minor Marco Antonio…
Month: March 2019
The Birthday Call
It was three weeks past her birthday when her dad called. Dad — with the weathered hands and pale blue eyes. Dad, who served her TV dinners on her visits. Dad, whose love for language runs rippling through her veins. He began the conversation with her mother. “How’s her health?” he asked. “She’s fine,” she…
Smoke
She was suffocating, couldn’t suck in enough air, chest imploding. Aster grabbed the L-shaped plastic inhaler off the circular shelf on the standing lamp, pulled off the cover, emptied her lungs, closed her lips around the mouthpiece, and forced the top all the way down. A bitter taste filled her mouth while she breathed in…
Brazilian vice-presidential candidate Sônia Guajajara’s river rally with indigenous leaders
One of Guilherme Boulos and Sonia Guajajara followers greets the candidate after a campaign rally in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil. Image: Pablo Albarenga / Mídia NINJA. All rights reserved. Although promotional tours and concerts are exhausting for musicians, they are a fundamental element of show-business and they must be undertaken with enthusiasm and professionalism. The same…
Refugees Tell Their Stories Through Photos Of Their Possessions
Photographer Jim Lommasson had been struggling with a project for six months. He was taking portraits of refugees at their homes in the U.S., intending to create something similar to his photography/oral history collection, “Exit Wounds: Soldiers’ Stories — Life After Iraq and Afghanistan.” Something, however, wasn’t working. Then a woman told him about the items…
Raymond Chandler
“When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.” ~Raymond Chandler’s advice for writer’s block It was Sunday and the deli downstairs was closed. I’d made myself a sandwich from the mini-fridge for lunch and left it sitting by the coffeemaker. You could make a sandwich and…
In Palestine: self-dehumanisation against the disregard of human value
Palestinians demonstrating in Gaza were shot by Israeli snipers bringing the death toll since March 30 to over 90. Picture by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/PA images. All rights reserved. On the sixth week of the ‘Great March of Return’ in Gaza, Palestinian protestors dressed as Na’vi from James Cameron’s box office hit Avatar in an attempt to draw wider…
Professional Surfer Morgan Sliff Makes Waves in Male-Dominated Waters
Nestled in a cozy café in Hermosa Beach, California, professional surfer Morgan Sliff is just a few days shy of completing 1,000 consecutive days of surfing. Over coffee and a veggie sandwich, she’s eager to share stories of the struggles and triumphs women face on the quest for “stoke” (a term surfers use to express…
“Petticoat Empire” by Edith Embury
Summer is for steamy romance. Our new series of classic fiction from the 1940s and ’50s features sexy intrigue from the archives for all of your beach reading needs. In “Petticoat Empire,” an advertising producer is over budget and under staffed, and she’s falling for a know-it-all writer. This 1951 short story offers a glimpse into…
The IMF abetted the European Union’s subversion of Greek democracy
Tens of thousands of people came to Athens Syntagma Square to hear Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras call for a 'No' vote in the upcoming Greek austerity referendum, July 4, 2015. Debets/Press Association. All rights reserved. I A call on the IMF: Since July 2015, the IMF has called on European governments to forgive a…