The Inauguration of Barack Obama
Drew Angerer
This essay tries to capture the exuberant and patriotic atmosphere surrounding the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the United States’ 44th president. With the city busting at its seams and the Mall overflowing, the energy, excitement and hopefulness of a nation was on full display during the days leading up to and on January [...]
Anarcho Punks
John Tully
On the morning of March 1, 2007, the Danish government sent police and an anti-terror squad to raid Ungdomshuset or ‘Youth House,’ once a hub for subculture in Denmark and the only sense of a home and family for some. Located in Copenhagen, the building was taken over by squatters who followed a anarchistic [...]
The Secret Life of Children
Amanda Lucier
In the town of Sturgeon, Missouri the youngest four children of the Furlong families are in a world of their own. Their parents are largely absent, and the children spend their time at their discretion, with the freedom that the relative safety of their town, with under a thousand residents, and their rural surroundings allow. [...]
The Gathering Place
Dan Sohner
“In a non-assuming house in the heart of Athens, Ohio, Scott Kreps sits with a cup of coffee. “The good comes and goes with the people,” he tells me; he is referring to a 27-year-old program called The Gathering Place. It is an outreach program aimed at giving adults living in the Athens area with [...]