Abby Zimet: Holding A Mirror Up To A Shameful Occupation
Ahed Tamimi, the fierce 16-year-old Palestinian girl arrested last month for daring to confront an Israeli soldier who’d allegedly shot her cousin in the head, has been indicted on 12 … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Tell Me
I thought there was a lesson in the river when the current is frozen we do know the ice just waits I want to know what you know about age … Continue reading
Video: How Russia Hacked America — And Why It Will Happen Again
. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russian hackers attacked the U.S. on two fronts: the psychological and the technical. Hackers used classic propaganda techniques to influence American voters, bought thousands … Continue reading
Senator Bob Casey, Jr: A Brief Summary of the Trump-Russia Investigation
Russia’s efforts to intervene in and influence the November 2016 election are deeply troubling. Even more troubling are allegations of contact between senior officials on President Trump’s campaign and the … Continue reading
Elizabeth Romero: Birth
The next day she got up because of a dream. The railroad cars were loaded with pale lumber in the sun and all around were green-gold trees. On the table … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Death
Death is sitting at the foot of my bed. “Get up,” she says. “The sun is out and the horses are waiting for grain. Besides, love will blindside you again … Continue reading
Clara Wilkins: The dangerous belief that white people are under attack
In August, the Justice Department decided to investigate instances of bias against whites in university admissions. Since then, campuses have been flyered with “It’s okay to be white,” and in … Continue reading
Wallace Stevens: The Snow Man
For the listener, who listens in the snow,
And, nothing himself, beholds
Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is.
Video: Bill Moyers Journal — A Life Together, Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall
First aired in 1993, this classic program profiles Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon, two celebrated American literary figures. Kenyon, who died in 1995, was an award-winning poet and translator; Hall is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry and was named U.S. Poet Laureate in 2006.
Elizabeth Kirschner: Bright as Guilt
Under the shadow of death, I drank my entire language, sucked the bones out of my hands. I drank until my bone marrow pickled and my eyes, their lids, turned … Continue reading
