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Marc Jampole: Urge Your Representatives to Vote for the Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act

Take time out from presidential politics to urge elected officials to vote for Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Strange as it might seem, we can predict genocides and other atrocities … Continue reading

March 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

Lauren McCauley: With Women’s Rights on the Line, Groups Demand Supreme Court #StoptheSham

The U.S. Supreme Court, with one vacant seat, heard oral arguments on Wednesday in what is widely believed to be the most consequential reproductive rights case since Roe v. Wade, … Continue reading

March 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

Mike James: After A Line By Ho Chi Minh

  ho chi minh in prison took to chanting poems   said, what else is there no mattress, paper blanket   alone in a cell i can only turn around … Continue reading

March 3, 2016 · Leave a comment

Andrew Bacevich: Don’t Cry for Me, America

What Trumpism Means for Democracy Whether or not Donald Trump ultimately succeeds in winning the White House, historians are likely to rank him as the most consequential presidential candidate of … Continue reading

March 3, 2016 · Leave a comment

Deborah Bogen: Why I’m Still Voting for Bernie Sanders

I didn’t want to get involved. Not ever again. I came up, politically, in the age of anti-Vietnam war protests and going door-to-door to end the proliferation of nuclear power … Continue reading

March 2, 2016 · 2 Comments

Alice Friman: Knee High

Whether squatting, standing, or stomping to some mossy memory on the radio, the knee takes the brunt. A heart may pump a million barrels of blood in a life, enough … Continue reading

March 2, 2016 · 1 Comment

The Vegan Kitchen: Hearty Lentil Soup with Greens

Cooking for a group of people on restricted diets: Legumes cooked with fresh greens are a traditional favorite that has versions in every culture. Commonly referred to as “beans and … Continue reading

March 2, 2016 · 2 Comments

John Samuel Tieman: Translating Texan In St. Louis

The Texas primary is held today. I know what’s coming. A lot of friends will ask, with the best of intentions, questions that begin, “John, you lived in Texas. Why … Continue reading

March 1, 2016 · 2 Comments

Lilace Mellin Guignard: Lullaby in Fracktown

Child, when you’re sad put on your blue shoes. You know that Mama loves you lollipops and Daddy still has a job to lose. So put on a party hat. … Continue reading

March 1, 2016 · 2 Comments

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