We Must Protect Our Public Libraries At All Costs
Libraries are taxpayer funded, efficient, humane community service centers and public education hubs that serve everyone equally. We must continue to protect them.
The Citizens Revival: How Aztec, New Mexico Is Bringing Civic Life Back, One Weekend at a Time
Citizens Revival organizer Tripp Gomez talks with Hyvemind about rebuilding civic life, strengthening local connection and creating a weekend rooted in the people and places that hold a community together.
For Anita Tension, Burlesque Is a Place to Test the Limits of Beauty and Belonging
Meet Anita Tension, the New England-based performer who uses ‘feral burlesque’, costume engineering and queer spectacle to challenge beauty standards while building new spaces for creative access and exchange.
How AJ Hawkins Turned Her Death-Positive Shop, KALMA, Into a Gathering Place for Grief, Disability and Collective Care
In Port Townsend, Washington, artist and grief worker AJ Hawkins is pairing retail with peer support, disability education and mutual aid to build a more caring community around grief and mortality.
The Cage Fight On the White House Lawn: A Masterclass In Stupidity
Trump’s ‘UFC Freedom 250’ celebration felt like a hyperreal living satire in an age where pointing out that things feel like satire has become tiresome.
Gen Z Filmmaker Givan Onuaguluchi-May Is Expanding the Frame for Black Stories
With SPACE and his feature project LIFE INSURANCE, the young filmmaker is pushing for Black characters to exist across romance, horror, comedy and everything in between.
Why ‘Backrooms’ Became the Horror Story of Neoliberalism’s Youth
Backrooms evokes younger generations' sense of wandering in a failing society, lost somewhere between its glory days and its inevitable demise.
9 Rising Independent Filmmakers Redefining the Future of Cinema
Meet the New Class of Indie Filmmakers We Can’t Stop Watching.
The Blushes Bring Glitter and Grit to the Alt-Rock Scene
In a moment shaped by rising misogyny, attacks on LGBTQ rights and a deepening war on the poor, The Blushes are making songs and shows that give people somewhere to put their rage.
From Jobs to Friendships, Here Are 25 Signs It’s Time To Move On
The signs it’s time to move on are not always dramatic but they are almost always persistent.
They show up in jobs, friendships, romantic relationships, family dynamics and long-held dreams that once made sense but then slowly stopped giving anything back.
20 Queer and Trans Music Artists You Should Be Listening To In 2026
For Pride 2026, we’re celebrating 20 queer and trans music artists shaping pop, rap country, EDM, indie rock and everything in between.
The Lost Art of Looking Up: How Constant Connection Is Changing Our Relationships
No, you’re not imagining it, our phones are making conversations with family, friends and strangers more difficult.
Artist Paul Anagnostopoulos Paints Queer Desire Into the Classical World
In his newest series, Catasterism, the NYC artist revisits Dionysus and Ampelos through queer semiotics.
Leather & Bound Brings Community Into the Story in This Texas Town
How a fantasy bookstore found it’s place in Fate, Texas.
Aunty Beast’s Magical World of Creatures
Meet Aunty Beast, the Pennsylvania artist who creates creatures with a life of their own.
Artist Cristian Mera Builds Collages That Feel Both Timeless and Immediate
Meet the Calgary-based artist shaping collage through memory, music and an instinct for composition.
Motion, Marked by Hand: Step Inside Natz Blank’s Living Frames
Meet the Hamburg-based artist shaping animation through material, process and the visible trace of making.
Retro-Futurist Artist Roger Mattos Creates Intimacy on a Cosmic Scale
Meet the São Paulo artist building cinematic collages that hold love and longing in suspension.