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National Gun Violence Day Honors Victims and Survivors, But It’s Not Enough
National Gun Violence Day Honors Victims and Survivors, But It’s Not Enough

I started writing this op-ed at the end of March, just days after the Boulder, Colorado shooting took place at a supermarket killing 10 people. As I continued to formulate my thoughts in preparation for Gun Violence Awareness Day, today, June 4, when I knew this op-ed would publish with … Read More

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Trump’s Impeachment Defense: What About Madonna?

Former President Trump’s attorneys in his second impeachment trial lit up social media with a provocative argument defending his right to use fighting words: Madonna…
Tim Molloy / February 12, 2021
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Up in Smoke

He looks like a guy who’s done some time and knows a thing or two. One month out of jail, he wears aviators, sounds like…
Lucia Gillot / January 26, 2021
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Make It Sing

Before I lay into the Democrats for missed opportunities at the House impeachment hearing, let’s review a few facts from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection:…
Stephan Jenkins / January 17, 2021
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National Treasure

If you care at all about democracy and the way our world works, you should be watching Real Time with Bill Maher. As January 2021…
Liza Lentini / January 15, 2021
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Third Eye Blind’s Stephan Jenkins on His Debt to Black Culture

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, unpitied..." ⁠— Edmund Burke The first pop song…
Stephan Jenkins / June 22, 2020
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Emergence Is Interactive: A Jeff Bridges and Susan Kucera Essay on Climate Change

Jeff Bridges is an Academy Award-winning actor. Susan Kucera is an accomplished director, producer, and cinematographer, recognized by the United Nations as a recipient of…
Jeff Bridges and Susan Kucera / June 16, 2020
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Don’t Tread on Me! Navigating Among the Politically Unmasked

Third Eye Blind founder, singer and songwriter Stephan Jenkins has interests that goes beyond music. He will be sharing his viewpoints on a variety of…
Stephan Jenkins / June 11, 2020
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Spike Lee Shares 3 Brothers Short Film With George Floyd, Eric Garner Footage

Spike Lee took to Twitter last night to share a powerful video amid nationwide protests, as he blended footage of Eric Garner and George Floyd…
Brenton Blanchet / June 1, 2020
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Stephan Jenkins on Third Eye Blind’s New EP and Why He’s So Pissed Off at the Government’s Response to COVID-19

Third Eye Blind are the latest band to record and release new music from quarantine and Stephan Jenkins is pretty stoked. Today, the…
Daniel Kohn / April 17, 2020
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Sarah Palin Raps ‘Baby Got Back’ on The Masked Singer

The Masked Singer has showcased some odd celebrities singing under those gigantic costumes. But none was odd as tonight's. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah…
Daniel Kohn / March 12, 2020
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala Endorses Bernie Sanders, Rips Former Bandmate Beto O’Rourke’s Biden Support

Don’t look for a reunion of Foss, the band that included Beto O’Rourke and The Mars Volta/At the Drive-In’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala. In a…
Daniel Kohn / March 3, 2020
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Flavor Flav Rips Bernie Sanders Campaign for Using Public Enemy Name for Rally: ‘Does Not Approve Your Message!’

On Wednesday, it was announced that Public Enemy would be performing at a Bernie Sanders rally this Sunday in Los Angeles ahead of Super Tuesday. However,…
Daniel Kohn / February 28, 2020
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Public Enemy to Perform at Bernie Sanders Rally in Los Angeles

Bernie Sanders is returning to Southern California this weekend and will have some help from one of hip-hop's greatest political groups. In an…
Daniel Kohn / February 27, 2020
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The Strokes to Rock the Vote for Bernie Sanders at New Hampshire Rally

Another band is stepping up to throw their support behind Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator's campaign announced on January 29 that The…
Anna Chan / January 29, 2020
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Mick Jagger Plays a Sinister Art Dealer in The Burnt Orange Heresy Trailer: Watch

Mick Jagger is acting again, which anyone who has seen the 1992 cyberpunk mess Freejack will admit is a brave move on the Rolling Stones frontman's…
Maggie Serota / January 27, 2020
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