Minneapolis Almost a Year and a Half After George Floyd’s Death
Nicole ZelnikerCOVERING A YEAR LATER: HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK LIVES AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDERTDR Regular Contributor / October 19, 2021 George Floyd’s death resonated with people across the country and around the world. In the immediate aftermath, protests cropped up in cities near and far. Politicians and grassroots organizers have come…
LaTonya Floyd Wants Justice
Nicole ZelnikerCOVERING A YEAR LATER: HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK LIVES AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDERTDR Regular Contributor / September 20, 2021 LaTonya Floyd wants justice. She wants justice for her brother, George Floyd, and for every other person who has, like her, lost the people they love in an epidemic of violence.…
The George Floyd Foundation Making Change Happen
Nicole ZelnikerCOVERING A YEAR LATER: HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK LIVES AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDERTDR Regular Contributor / August 23, 2021 George Floyd left a lasting impact on Avon Park, Florida, where he went to South Florida Community College for two years. His coaches all loved him, and his classmates admired him.…
A Year After George Floyd’s Murder: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Nicole ZelnikerCOVERING A YEAR LATER: HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BLACK LIVES AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDERTDR Regular Contributor / June 28, 2021 Last summer, it was impossible to turn on the news without seeing protests. George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020 sent people into the streets in record numbers. Last year, police…
Autism, Writing, and the Tyranny of Choice
Robert FrombergCovering Autism and CreativityTDR Regular Contributor / June 23, 2021 Between the ages of about 5 and 12, my brother Steve, who has autism, drew many hundreds of pictures. Although the number of pictures was large, the number of subjects was small: school buses, highway signs, house layouts, and street maps of Peoria, Illinois.…
Over Above Beyond
A Review of Jeeyoon Kim’s Over.Above.Beyond. (Namus Classics, 2018) Jeffrey HamptonCovering Contemporary Classical Music ArtistsTDR Regular Contributor / June 21, 2021 Over.Above.Beyond. is the 2018 release from pianist Jeeyoon Kim on Namus Classics. I bought my copy of the CD from the pianist’s website, but it is available on most music streaming platforms. The liner…
Into the Deep
An Essay by Jenevieve Carlyn Hughes The sea is everything…– Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea When I was growing up, Sunday evenings were spent watching The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, which aired at 6 p.m. on public television. From aboard his ship, the Calypso, Cousteau would dive deep below the ocean’s…
I Didn’t See Her
An Essay by Gabriel Tronson I didn’t see her, and now, when I look at my dog before leaving for work, I think of my grandmother quarantined in the hospital. My grandfather got moved away, headed to Hopkins for physical therapy after some recovery. Her only company was strangers. I imagine, because of her deteriorating…
LENINGRAD 1987
An Essay by Linda S. Gunther An Essay by Linda S. Gunther We were underground in the basement of an old stone church in Leningrad, attending a non-sanctioned concert, which meant it was considered illegal by the Soviet government to attend such an event. Six rock musicians were on stage, clad in black, all wearing…
From the Surrealist Feminist to the Selfie Movement
An Essay by Miniature Malekpour Surrealism can be described as a vortex of free-thinking, a world that dives into the unconscious, discovering “the uncanny,” all while instilling political esthetics into art and other activities. Andre Bréton and the Surrealist Movement in the early 1920s studied the discourse of “the uncanny” through subconscious thoughts, fantasies, and…
Never Tear Us Apart
An Essay by Richard Lin I head through the cornfield. It has been a few days since our trip to the Grand Canyon. Lesley had called me a couple of times, but I haven’t yet called her back. I needed a bit of time to work through my feelings about her interaction with James. This…
Sidewalk Orange
An Essay by Rob Colby I came to San Francisco to get a fresh start and to cut family ties. But that didn’t stop me from accepting help to get on my feet. My mother kindly offered to pay my first month’s rent and then, kinder still, made it clear that I was on my…
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