John Graeber is a writer living in Chattanooga, Tennesee. He is a graduate of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has also contributed to Fathom Mag, Glide magazine, and Nooga.com. Follow him on Twitter @jbgraeber.

The Case for POP: U2’s Forgotten Dance Record

U2’s POP is about faith’s fragility amidst the noise, confusion, and chaos that come when you realize your ideology isn’t going to change the world.

Voyager, Blind Willie Johnson, and Our Shared Humanity

If Voyager encounters alien life, what will the spacecraft and the record it carries tell about the human race?

Tearing Down the Statue of Liberty

Politically, I came of age in the mid-90s, and I have never forgotten the horror of Rwanda.