Monthly Archives: May 2009
En Blanco & Negro/In Black & White
Text & Photo: Francisco Collazo [Vease abajo para la version en espanol] * The weekends are our favorite time in New York. Lectures, museums, music, or a simple stroll through the parks or along the city’s streets, free of cost. Today is one of those days, warm and perfect for just those types of activities. … Continue reading
Carta Abierta a los Estados Unidos/Open Letter to America
Text: Emergildo Criollo Quenama Photo: Courtesy of Amazon Watch [Editor’s Note: This week, I’ve been writing about big oil’s human rights and environmental abuses in Latin America and Africa on MatadorChange. Today, we ran the English version of the letter that appears below in Spanish. Written by Emergildo Criollo Quenama, an indigenous leader of the … Continue reading
Memorial Day… Thoughts
Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo * There’s the temptation to see Memorial Day as a sale day. As the day the pool opens for the summer season. As a day for a backyard BBQ. If you’re not directly affected by the war–and by that, I mean, if you don’t have a loved one or … Continue reading
Police Line: Do Not Cross
Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo Shot in Manhattan on May 17, 2009.
Taking Manhattan on Two Wheels
I’m pretty much convinced that there is no better place to be in the spring and summer than New York City. There’s so much to do: like riding bikes for free along the Hudson River. Yesterday, we took advantage of Bike n Roll’s recently launched free bike rental program, which we learned about thanks to … Continue reading