soul Eva Cassidy performing "People Get Ready" Gareth Branwyn

resilience Amid all the bad news, "Rising" shares a message of hope Andrea James

climate AOC and Greta Thunberg talk tactics and hope Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Talking Radicalized with the LA Public Library: Trump derangement syndrome, engagement algorithms, and novellas as checked luggage Cory Doctorow

books Talking about Radicalized with the CBC: Privilege, atavism, techno-realism and seizing the means of information Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Better Worlds: "a science fiction project about hope" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants To do in NYC: David Byrne's Reasons to Be Cheerful Cory Doctorow

movies Ben Affleck is pretty adamant that he'll never direct a movie for DC Devin Nealy

Comics Go behind the scenes of the disastrous Spider Man musical in Brian Michael Bendis's new comic Thom Dunn

deepfake Joe Biden: "I've been Skinamarinked and I'm scared" Jennifer Sandlin

video games What will be revealed at the Elden Ring anniversary livestream set for Feb. 25? Grant St. Clair

music Ozzy Osbourne retires from touring because of declining health David Pescovitz

street art Will Coles' street art Jennifer Sandlin

National Football League Resources that shine a critical light on the NFL Jennifer Sandlin

books Book Gift Ideas: Black Feminist memoirs on justice, Africanfuturism, theoretical physics, and abolition. Elías Villoro

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

books 30,000 Steps is a hilariously heartfelt page-turner about opioid deaths Thom Dunn

Reviews "Numb To This" is a harrowing graphic novel memoir about a mass shooting Thom Dunn

the mountain goats The Mountain Goats' "Tallahassee" turns 20 Jennifer Sandlin

Comic Books A sneak peek at Mark Russell's scathing late capitalism satire Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs Gareth Branwyn