Monthly Archives: December 2009

If you’ve ever watched an episode of Breaking Bad, then you’re well aware of the artistry involved with cooking quality methamphetamine. Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the brilliant chemist turned high-school teacher turned drug dealer, is often told by the seediest slangers and addicts in New Mexico’s meth trade that he is, indeed, an artist.

Scenes from the recession are rarely heartening. If anything, looking at photographs of Americans being removed from foreclosed homes, having cars repossessed, or lined up at the unemployment office, feels predatory or even obscene. But at their best, these photographs should remind us that times are still incredibly tough, regardless of what out-of-touch ‚Äòexperts‚Äô like¬†Larry Summers have to say. Having…

In the latest issue of Poor Magazine, reporter Lisa Gray-Garcia calls out the nonprofit organization L.A. Gang Tours for ‚Äòzoo-ifying‚Äô the residents of poor, minority communities in Los Angeles. The tours are billed as providing ‚Äúcustomers with a true first-hand encounter of…

In the latest issue of Poor Magazine, reporter Lisa Gray-Garcia calls out the nonprofit organization¬†L.A. Gang Tours for ‚Äòzoo-ifying‚Äô the residents of poor, minority communities in Los Angeles. The tours are billed as providing ‚Äúcustomers with a true first-hand encounter of the history and origin of high profile gang areas and the top crime scene locations in South Central, Los…

Nearly a week passed before I even understood the Tiger Woods‚Äô jokes popping up all over Facebook and Twitter. And with good reason. It‚Äôs not that I hate golf, I just don‚Äôt give a shit about it. So by default, I care…