John Oliver


March 10, 2015

John Oliver: It Doesn’t Come with the Territories

I got a voice message last week, from the rights manager at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. He wanted to know if I would let them use some of The Insular Empire in their show – and could I please send them a high-resolution file ASAP? It seemed crazy: the John Oliver wanted to use […]


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March 5, 2015

Pacific Islanders March for Self-Determination

I recently attended the March for Real Climate Leadership in Oakland, and saw an impressive and beautiful contingent of Pacific Islanders marching at the front. I wanted to share this heartfelt account of the event, originally posted at MoreThanTwoMinutes: Pacific Islanders March for Self-Determination by Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu Even many weeks after that historic moment, viewing […]


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September 17, 2013

Happy Constitution Day

  Take the Constitution Day Quiz!  Then add an extra ten points for this bonus question: Which article of the US Constitution confers citizenship on residents of US Insular Areas? (Scroll down for the answer.) There are a lot of great things being written today about Constitution Day –  September 17, the day when any […]


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