Achilles Kallergis

1 month ago | publicseminar.org | Mary Karmelek |Michael Inman |Liviu Chelcea |Achilles Kallergis

“An Underground Movement: Designers, Builders, Riders” by Owen Smith at NYCT 36th Street Station | Photo: David Lubarsky / Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityWeekday mornings, as I walk to the 36th Street subway stop in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, I quicken my pace, anxious that if I miss the train, I’ll be late for work; worried that if it’s too crowded, I won’t get a seat on the 40-minute commute that lies ahead.

Nov 5, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Alex Rossen |Adam Brown |Henry M.J. Tonks |Achilles Kallergis

Vector Illustration (2008) | Elisanth / ShutterstockFor the past year, political commentators from all sectors of the American political spectrum have remarked on the impending enormity of the 2024 US presidential election. I am here not to join them but to offer a token of wellbeing. This week, Public Seminar’s editorial team is turning to music for escape, rejuvenation, and for truth.

Nov 1, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Adam Brown |Henry M.J. Tonks |Achilles Kallergis |Jochen Schmon

Donald McDonald | Chris Piascik / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0A #1 with a large fry, made and served by the forty-fifth president of the United States: Donald Trump was working a drive-through at a McDonald’s last weekend in Pennsylvania.

Oct 28, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Connor Smith |Achilles Kallergis |Henry M.J. Tonks |Vasiliki Malouchou Kanellopoulou

Opening Ballot Boxes (circa 1915) | Bain News Service via The Library of CongressEven as Republican politicians continue to undermine faith in the U.S. electoral system by erroneously claiming the 2024 election will be “stolen” by undocumented immigrants, the New York Court of Appeals is quietly considering a law that would expand the right to vote in local elections to certain residents of New York City, regardless of US citizenship status.

Oct 18, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Achilles Kallergis |Carl Landauer |Henry M.J. Tonks |T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Homesteader repairing a fence (ca. 1940) | Lee Russell /  Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Collection, Library of CongressHere’s a tip from the US political playbook: if your campaign is struggling, if you don’t have actual policies but “concepts of a plan,” if you secretly or openly wish for the “good ol’ days” when black people did “black jobs,” if you “forgot” to declare the lavish perks from the Turks … just blame it on the immigrant.