Illustrations by Yuko Okabe
20 illustrations found.
A Restoration
The telling of history necessitates a well-functioning set of teeth. The thing about teeth is that they are required to collaborate; …
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, was midway through his Sunday morning sermon when seven men seated near the front of …
Week in Strange Bedfellows
Rights at Risk Controversy is swirling around the recent election by the Russian parliament of Tatyana Moskalkova to the position of …
Democracy Now
Regime Change and Renewal in Myanmar
After years of military dictatorship, Myanmar is finally embracing democracy. On March 30, 2016, U Htin Kyaw of the National League …
My Own Ghosts
What We Talk About When We Talk About Empathy
In a nightmarish story called A Country Doctor, Kafka writes about a night when the titular character has to ride miles …
The Tutor Wears Prada
Education as Commodity in Hong Kong
On a Saturday evening in February, dozens of teenagers line up outside translucent glass doors. Some chatter with their neighbors. Others …
Treekeepers
Reshaping Providence's Urban Forest
In September 2007, the Providence Parks Department contracted a private company to fly a satellite over the city. The satellite photographed …
Journalism From The Margins
Requiem for Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America has bitten the dust. On February 26, 2016, with all operations slated to close by April 30, 2016, …
Reckoning With Memory
Atonement in Germany and the US
On February 11, Germany began its trial of Reinhold Hanning, a former guard at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. He …
Week in Overreactions
Precious Memes The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, thought it would simply be another case of swiftly repressed political satire. …
Ascent
Watching Scientific Interests Grow Over Time
Yellow petals surprise the curious amidst the sea of Kentucky Blue. My family doesn’t quite understand why I stare out of …
The Language of Unloving
When they’d been married for thirty-one years, and unhappy in each other for most of them, my grand’maman and my grand’papa …
The Perfect Bubble
The Polynomial Guide to the Universe
Everyday, I cut through the alleyway off Angell and Thayer street. There’s a dumpster, there. On a good day, whatever’s left …
A Long Reign
The Life and Times of Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau was born a free Creole woman in New Orleans on September 10, 1801. She lived in a quaint house …
You've Got Learning
Education Turns to Technology
Every day at 8:45 AM, Village Green Virtual’s 210 students walk through the lobby and scan their IDs on the wall …
Freedom for Whom?
Speech Acts and Power at Brown University
October 29, 2013. Ray Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner, arrives at Brown for an honorary lecture. Many of my friends …
Fred
The following is a story, and this story is fictional. It is about a man named Fred. Fred’s black hair sat …
Week in Extraordinary Measures
Look Ma, No Hands You’re done with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. If we’re being real, you were …
Transitions
In Conversation with Phyllis Randolph Frye
The College Hill Independent: You work at the intersection of law and social justice, and have used this position to advocate …