Video: Anti-Inflammatory Foods | The Benefits of Berries
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study found that blueberry smoothies could turn off inflammation genes.
Ellen Austin-Li: Blushing & Rising
The kaleidoscope spins shards of shifting glass,
and I emerge wearing this hot pink sweat-
shirt with zippers. Come inside where it’s wet
and I’m alive, fire eyes.
Robinson Jeffers: Ocean
The gray whales are going south: I see their fountains
Rise from black sea: great dark bulks of hot blood
Plowing the deep cold sea to their trysting-place
Derrick Z. Jackson: Here’s why Pete Hegseth’s war on the Endangered Species Act is so misguided
The administration argues that it needs exemptions to the Endangered Species Act to extract more oil from the Gulf of Mexico when it’s already extracting record amounts.
James Crews: It’s Good to Be Here,
I say out loud, to give the words
the physical presence they deserve
in the warm bakery with us, this place
we’ve been coming for years now.
Will Glovinsky: Basic income’s appeal today is similar to its roots in 18th‑century England – it’s a way to compensate people for a common good taken for private gain
The rich who control AI are getting richer. Other people’s fortunes are in decline. To prevent mass hunger and political chaos, we will need a new system: a basic guaranteed income.
Penelope Moffet: Simple As / Inexplicable / Moondust
I want rescue
but also wonder
what I’ll see
if I stay out to dawn.
Sean Sexton: No cause to count on mercies of the Earth
Yet a heifer finds a hollow,
penumbra of shade where the cold
couldn’t reach. She forages there
a little while, prospers.
Marianne Dhenin: Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
“The idea was to build a rapid response team that is specific for the hospital.”
Stephen Prager: 100+ International Law Experts Say US Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter, Could Be War Crimes
The US started a war despite “no imminent threat” from Iran and has since carried out widespread attacks against schools, hospitals, civilian homes, and energy facilities.
Majid Naficy: The Persian New Year
When the Thirteenth Day comes
You’ll go with the flowing water
And speak to the sky and the earth
Of the beautiful moments of love.
James Crews: The Pond at Sunset
I forget I’ve already arrived
in the life I want, and that I am
still arriving at the same time.
Rebecca Gordon: American Gulag
We know we can dismantle the American gulag, because some of us are already doing it. It’s time for the rest of us to get to work.
Dorianne Laux: The Optimism of French Toast
I think of my Acadian ancestors
landing on the shores of Nova Scotia, divining
logs from the deep woods, fashioning windows,
hanging laundry from two oars dug into sand—
the flags of domesticity flayed by the wind.
