Standing Rock Sioux Chairman: Dakota Access Pipeline “Is Threatening the Lives of My Tribe”; Native Activist Winona LaDuke: Pipeline Company Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future; Hate Crime in Tulsa: Khalid Jabara’s Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor; Father of Muslim Women Murdered in Chapel Hill to Jabara Family: … Continued


Jasson Minadakis is Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company. In this wide-ranging interview with Richard Wolinsky, he discusses the past season, and the upcoming 2016-2017 season, as well as the various special nights during each production for discussion with cast, book nights at libraries and other events. This is part of an ongoing series of interviews with Bay Area Artistic Directors.


Against the Grain

Secularism’s False Promise?

If the problem is religious polarization and inequality, isn’t the solution secular governance? Secularism, after all, promises the equality of citizens regardless of religious affiliation. Saba Mahmood argues that modern secular governance, contrary to its grand claims, has in fact exacerbated religious inequalities. It has also, she says, constrained our political imagination to a significant … Continued


Art Sato sits in for Horace Mansfield Jr. and airs a 1988 interview with the late, great vibist Bobby Hutcherson. The interview was conducted by Art and Horace in Bobby’s Montara home and covers his Pasadena roots, the exciting New York years, and his collaborations with giants such as Jackie McLean and Eric Dolphy.