“Throughout U.S. history, our military has been used not for moral purposes but to expand economic, political, and military power,” says a cartoon Howard Zinn in Mike Konopacki’s 273-page comic book A People’s History of American Empire. Written with Zinn and historian Paul
The institution acknowledged altering some texts to refer to Canaan, an ancient name for the region, but said the word “Palestine” still appears elsewhere.
A New Winter is a project from Colombian-American photographer Sofia Jaramillo that seeks to This project revisits the early depictions of skiing, which often portrayed Eurocentric ideals and a narrow vision of who belongs on the slopes. By reimagining the first images of
Sarula Bao created a fabric horse in the style of “bu zha,” an embroidery art form, for New York nonprofit Think!Chinatown’s annual Lantern Residency.
The Philadelphia display was dismantled last month after federal directives to remove negative representations of US history on public sites.
An exhibition by queer artists from the diaspora, what we need from NYC’s culture commissioner, Lunar New Year events around the city, and more.
Peter Li captures the stupefying architecture of some of Europe's most striking sanctuaries. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Striking Photos by
The goal of the Trump Action Tracker is to “document how the trajectory of Trump’s presidency is aligned with the authoritarian playbook”.
Black, who owns the art book publisher, has come under increased scrutiny over gruesome accusations detailed in the latest trove of Epstein files.
I think I’d heard the term “k-shaped economy” somewhere before but didn’t really know what it meant until I watched this video : American Airlines is changing the layout of some of their aircraft to add 31 first class and premium seats while cutting out 73 economy seats. This
The best work in the Bronx Museum’s biennial indicates aspirations beyond this time and place.
Why AI Writing Is So Generic, Boring, and Dangerous: Semantic Ablation . “The AI identifies high-entropy clusters — the precise points where unique insights…reside — and systematically replaces them with the most probable, generic token sequences.”
"The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms."
Jesse Jackson on Sesame Street in 1971 doing a call-and-response with the kids of the poem I Am - Somebody .
The 19 richest Americans hold more than 2% of the total US holdhold wealth. That figure has roughly doubled in the past 5-6 years. “The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering.”
In 1964, legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie ran for President as a write-in candidate . Some of the more interesting details about his campaign: If elected, he’d rename the White House to the Blues House. Running mate was slated to be Phyllis Diller. “She seems to have
Ski Jumping Pairs is my favorite Winter Olympics event. (Video by Riichiro Mashima.)
One might assume that his photography is the nepo baby of his writing, but this is genuinely a great show.
From designer Beth Mathews, a free “Private Property! No ICE” sign you can print out for your shop or restaurant.
"Tenderness is the most modest form of love. It is the kind of love that does not appear in the scriptures or the gospels, no one swears by it, no one cites it... It appears wherever we take a close and careful look at another being, at something that is not our 'self.’"
"Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf."
What movies can you brag about seeing during their original run in the theater? Not big movies, more culty ones. I’ve got Iron Giant, American Movie, Run Lola Run, Hands on a Hardbody, and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. 😂
From a draft of the opening narration of Star Trek : “Assigned a five year patrol of our galaxy, the giant starship visits Earth colonies, regulates commerce, and explores strange new worlds…” I’m glad they punched it up.
Throwback devices from the early 2000s like the Blackberry, T9 phones, and Nokia's "Bricks" are sources of both reminiscence, play, and inspiration. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
"Attention without feeling ... is only a report."
Plus, Sarah E. Bond on polychromy in ancient art, a Miami artist’s ode to queerness through water, and a sculptor’s shapeshifting art.
Industrialism brought us the idea of optimization. Incremental improvements combined with measurement to gradually improve results. We can optimize for precision. A car made in 2026 is orders of magnitude more reliable because the parts fit together so well. We can optimize for
The appearance of the Dead Sea Scrolls was the most important document discovery of the twentieth century. Yet, in some sense, they didn’t deliver what many assumed to be promised within: that is, the basis for a complete revision of everything we thought we knew about
The creator of The Marginalian and author of the new book Traversal responds to 25 questions on writing, reading, and creativity.