14+ hour, 17+ min ago  (453+ words) 30,000 "Pissed off" Americans: A Photo Essay of the No Kings Protests in Portland'CounterPunch.org 30,000 Americans, "pissed off" at the increasingly reckless and ruthless actions and policies of Trump, marched in the 3rd No Kings protest in Portland on March 28. Organizers reported…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (901+ words) David Carrier is a philosopher who writes art criticism. His'Aesthetic Theory, Abstract Art and Lawrence Carroll'(Bloomsbury) and with Joachim Pissarro,'Aesthetics of the Margins/ The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained (Penn State University Press) were published in 2018. He…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (352+ words) Friday, Jan. 16, 2026: A getaway Sunday, January 18, 2026: Castle Powys Isaac Oliver, Portrait of Edward Herbert, c. 1613-14. Powys Castle No sure, for if none can ascend Even to the visible degree Of things created, how should we The invisible comprehend? The Baron's doublet…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1355+ words) David Carrier is a philosopher who writes art criticism. His'Aesthetic Theory, Abstract Art and Lawrence Carroll'(Bloomsbury) and with Joachim Pissarro,'Aesthetics of the Margins/ The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained (Penn State University Press) were published in 2018. He…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (66+ words) Claude Monet, The Doge's Palace, 1908. Brooklyn Museum October 11, 2025 " February 1, 2026 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, March 21, 2026- July 26, 2026 "One could say, in fact, that Monet attempted to eliminate time as a variable to better concentrate on the interrelationships between atmosphere, light,…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (560+ words) Passenger in a taxi riding east NYC: Reflected Light, I imagine my streets can be seen by communal birds roosting in trees- -or possibly Mars: I stroll- -infused by the potion dependency nepenthe: My strides become burdenless: My breath is…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1157+ words) Ron Jacobs is the author of several books, including Daydream Sunset: Sixties Counterculture in the Seventies published by CounterPunch Books. His latest book, titled Nowhere Land: Journeys Through a Broken Nation, is now available. He lives in Vermont. He can…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (130+ words) David Yearsley is a long-time contributor to CounterPunch and the Anderson Valley Advertiser. His latest albums, "In the Cabinet of Wonders" and "Handel's Organ Banquet" are now available from False Azure Records. The Pentecost Sunday service had just concluded. We…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (480+ words) Fifth Avenue Apple Store: General Motors Building :Grand Army Plaza I begin each day with a hint of emotional blindness: The deafening quietude of noise Fifth Avenue Apple Store: General Motors Building :Grand Army Plaza I begin each day with…...