Politics

As a company offering tours in Chinatown, here's why we support the boycott of the Museum of Chinese in America. On one hand, MoCa is a great way for outsiders to get much needed perspective on the struggles and contributions of Chinese Americans. On the other hand, it’

New York and the US have two forms of immigration. A few weeks ago my friend Y and I went to Chinatown to take in the Lunar New Year Parade, which celebrates the arrival of spring, ushers out the old year and welcome in the new. 2024 is the year

Why It Pays to Look for Secret Messages in Art

Looking Through the Russian Mirror This video was produced by Ilya Varlamov, a technically skilled, brave, and often charismatic Moscovite who travels out into the hinterlands of his country to see what's there. While I appreciate that he's capturing and sharing this footage, much might be

A Thought Experiment