Articles by Sebastian Clark
17 articles found.
Exit Right
Soon to be unemployed students of Brown and RISD, you are not alone. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), as …
Week in Education
Easy as ABC Substitute teachers have an almost mythic allure. They alone offer high school students the prospect of a brief …
Week in Shelter
There’s an App for That It’s been confirmed—that was a blizzard this past Tuesday. That powdery shit wrapped around your knees? …
A Sad Anniversary
The Bhopal disaster 30 years on
Thirty years ago on Wednesday, 40 metric tons of toxic gas escaped from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. …
Week in Displacement
In Kindergarten, we called it “gimme, gimme.” Now we call it privatization. OPEN SEASON The Tanzanian government backtracked this week on …
Week in Irrationality
SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM It’s 3 AM, you’ve been up all night working, and you’re hovering somewhere between vindictive frustration and …
Week in Returns
WHAT THE FUCK IS A BARRISTER? A British lawyer, basically. One of them, Amal Ramzi Alamuddin—also an activist and author—recently married …
Pre-Reflection on the Scottish Independence
I write this article on Tuesday, two days before 4.28 million Scottish people vote on whether they want their nation to …
Week in Isolation
For some, the summer was long and lonely. While most of you rollicked in sunlit fields to the sweet sound of …
Start Up Your Week
Late April means one thing: startup season. As DisruptNY, the East Coast’s most prestigious startup showcase, approaches, the excitement is palpable. …
Bosnia-Herzegovnia and Bulgaria: A New Direction
Utopian ideals demanding an overhaul of society are more ably articulated than realistic calls for reform. If the large-scale protests that …
The Week in Secrecy
SMOOTH OPERATOR Some time ago, on a lonely Tuesday night, I walked into my local pub. It’s a place of solace, …
A Week of Confusion
Asking “what’s happening?” is often a mindless exercise in small talk. It doesn’t demand an answer. But this time, when you …
Week in Stockpiles
Stuff your cheeks and fill up your pockets. More is always better, right? A BONE TO PICK “I kind of regret …
We Are All In This Together
Dissecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations (Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, the US, …