In her book The Sum of Us, Heather McGhee asks a simple question about the American landscape that has haunted me for some time: “Why can’t we have nice things?” From public parks to community resources, she explores how the “zero-sum” myth, the idea that … read more.
I put on an Air Force uniform when I was 18 years old to work as an airplane mechanic, took it off and put it on again to play trombone with the Air National Guard, and took it off and put it on yet again … read more.
As composer Alex Berko explains, Sacred Space “connects the old with the new, the sacred with the secular, and the individual with their community.” Using elements from Jewish liturgy combined with “the writings of several American environmentalists and poets who have spoken about their relationship … read more.
