Trail riding in Texas
For the past week I’ve been working on a article for “GO,” Airtran Airline’s travel magazine. I flew down to Danciger, Texas (an hour...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 30, 2011
Images of Black Friday
This past Friday, in a moment of masochism, I went to the local Wal-Mart to bear witness to the horrors of Black Friday. I arrived at...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 30, 2011
More images of Walden Pond
I was staying with a friend in Boston for, oh, a week and a half, so I decided to buy a $12 train ticket to Concord to visit Walden Pond....
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 18, 2011
Figuring out my political ideology
UPDATE: David, over at his “Into the Woods” blog, has a reaction to my post, which you can read here. *** In October of 2008 I moved into...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 7, 2011
More thoughts on OWS
Since I’m currently staying with a friend in Boston, the other day I decided to check out “Occupy Boston” in Dewey Square. It was similar...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 2, 2011
Salon: My stay at Zuccotti
I’m in Salon again. I did a story about my week in Zuccotti, which you can read here. I’m currently in Boston staying with my friend...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 28, 2011
Rain and raid
After our march for solidarity with Occupy Oakland, the police have been hanging out more and more around Zuccotti. They’re gathered in...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 27, 2011
Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
On Tuesday October 25th, about one hundred demonstrators of “Occupy Oakland” were arrested and their encampment was torn down. Several...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 27, 2011
A tour of Zuccotti Park (Part II)
In the week I’ve been here, the site of the occupation has changed considerably. There are now street signs (Bakunin Ave, Jefferson,...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 26, 2011
The many initiatives of Occupy Wall Street
It seems like everyone is here for a different reason: for better treatment of animals, for better education, for climate change, for the...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 24, 2011
Stopping “stop and frisk”
The Occupy Wall Street Movement–initially written off as a bunch of white hipsters–has joined forces with black leaders and religious...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 24, 2011
A tour of Zuccotti Park
Today is my fifth day at Zuccotti Park (or Liberty Plaza). The Occupy Wall Street Movement is getting bigger and bigger. Every day, it...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 22, 2011
Occupying Wall Street
I got a ride from Coldfoot to Fairbanks — stayed with my friend Josh Spice for two days — flew to New Jersey — dropped off my laptop and...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 15, 2011
A tour of Coldfoot
After spending a week and a half in Ferry, I hitchhiked up to Fairbanks and guided a van tour up to Coldfoot. I’ve been here since....
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 9, 2011
Ferry
After hitchhiking 600 miles and thirteen hours with a sheet metal worker from Deadhorse (who was en route to Wasilla down south), I was...
Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 5, 2011
How a piña colada almost killed me
Two weeks ago, I was on my hands and knees on the floor of Deadhorse Camp’s “coworker lounge,” trying to cough, or breath, or do so...
Ken Ilgunas
- Sep 12, 2011
Escape from Prudhoe Bay
“It sounds like your inner Odysseus is lost at sea,” said Liam, the prize chef of Deadhorse Camp. I’d just let out a sigh—a desperate,...
Ken Ilgunas
- Sep 2, 2011
How to afford college
Just this afternoon, a couple high schoolers writing for the youth section of an Indianapolis newspaper interviewed me, seeking ideas...
Ken Ilgunas
- Aug 30, 2011
Two and a half days on the Sag
The Sag sags. It’s a gentle gurgle, a patient dribble, a sleepy two-lane road through a school zone. It leaks like blood from a wound....
Ken Ilgunas
- Aug 21, 2011
Warning: If you major in English, you may just end up washing dishes in a working camp on the arctic
So, I’m a working man again. I just finished my first forty-hour week (of menial labor) in over five years. At Deadhorse Camp (which is...