Alex Sayf Cummings's Blog, page 13
December 22, 2020
Sun in an Empty Zoom
What a Zoom church service tells us about how we got from April to now
December 19, 2020
The Visual Life of Revolution: Archival and Counter-archival Narratives of Revolt
Let us begin with two images of the Sudanese uprising. The first you will at…
December 11, 2020
How Do We Remember Margaret Thatcher? ‘The Crown,’ Nursery Education, and the Iron Lady
Like it or not, the Iron Lady was more complicated than we tend to think.
December 4, 2020
From Border Ruffian to Florida Man: The Evolution of Voter Fraud in American History
Voter fraud is on everybody’s Twitter feed these days. While most everyone concedes that in…
November 23, 2020
How a Bad Bill Becomes a Bad Law: A Convoluted Process of Good Intentions and Terrible Results
Kate is the projected valedictorian, and will graduate as #1 in her class, with a…
November 22, 2020
What Have We Done to Each Other?
In the time of COVID, we are all married to each other. But some of our spouses are sociopaths.
November 16, 2020
Chicano Park: A Community’s Legacy of Resistance
The pillars that once divided Barrio Logan are now the foundation that shapes this rich Chicanx landscape.
November 12, 2020
The Biggest Breath You’ve Taken All Day: How Adriene Mishler Became Your New Best Friend
Alex loses her mind while doing a core strength ritual.
November 11, 2020
The David Bacon Photography Archive: Capturing the Struggle for Social Justice in Photos
Bacon documented workers in the fields, strikes by teachers and hotel workers in cities, poverty and homelessness in the streets, marches for immigrants’ rights and much more.
November 2, 2020
Loss, Hope, and Gift-Giving: Teaching Iep Jāltok During the Pandemic
We are hopeful not because what is lost can be recovered, but because an irrecoverable loss does not determine one’s sense of self and future.
