August 12, 2010
Tweet The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has inspired art in unlikely places, including in the premiere fashion magazine in Italy. Italian Vogue has taken the oil slick and made it into a masterful commentary on environmental fratricide. The models, skinny and barren-looking, mimic the birds found in the Gulf. The European Vogue mags have ...
June 24, 2010
Tweet The Gulf oil spill has destroyed not only the fragile ecosystem off the coast of Louisiana, (even lives) but the way of life and increasingly, a culture, of people that have lived off the water for generations. If it were in your backyard, what would you do? Aside from the Cajuns, black people, descendants ...
June 16, 2010
Tweet The Obama administration has finally gotten tough with BP, getting the company to fork over $20 billion to pay for victims of the oil spill. The government still has to define language that would define what “victim” is, because, well, it’s complicated. I mean, if you enjoy going to the beach to watch bikini-clad ...