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08/21/2026

On Sept. 25, 1957, nine black teenagers led the effort to desegregate public schools by braving the halls of Central High School in Little Rock, A.R. Thursday, Terrence Roberts — one of the so-called Little Rock Nine — came to UNC as part of the week-long Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebrat...

07/15/2026

Tess Martin presents her new documentary short, '1976: Search for Life', with a Q&A for Zippy Frames.

07/15/2026

06/30/2026

Gabriel Grant talking about his Shareholder Democracy initative!

Like most Americans, you own a sliver of hundreds of companies, yet you almost certainly let someone else decide how those shares vote.

06/29/2026

“I was 38 when we went on tour with Pearl Jam. A long time ago, I’d given up on the dream of something like that happening”: Dead Pioneers on how indigenous politics and pedal-builds have powered them to punk glory

An extensive and expansive gear list helps the Pearl Jam-approved band express their hopes for global improvement – as heard on their explosive new album, Wagon Burner

06/29/2026

“It starts with a simple thing like censorship and then it becomes knees in backs and pepper spray”

Gregg Deal worries about life in America right now. As a man with Native American roots, he understands division and oppression. On Dead Pioneers' new…

06/26/2026

Performance artist-turned-punk Gregg Deal of Dead Pioneers talks about his band’s new record and opening for Pearl Jam.

Performance artist-turned-punk Gregg Deal of Dead Pioneers talks about his band's new record and opening for Pearl Jam.