Ari Honarvar: When Savoring a Pleasant Moment is a Radical Act
And then someone from another rooftop shouted a verse of Rumi’s poetry into the clear night air.
Philip Terman: On the Way to Get Chicken Wings We Listen to a Podcast About a Somalian Struggling to Come to America
Most of the others have turned themselves in.
But Abdi is in the basement with his brother.
Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, Wynton Marsalis, et al: A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
As writers we need a culture that leaves us room for experimentation, risk taking, and even mistakes. We need to preserve the possibility of good-faith disagreement without dire professional consequences.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Republican lawmakers’ familiar blame game hangs COVID’s spread on young people
Damn Kids!
Martin Pengelly: In new book niece explains how Trump became Trump
Donald Trump’s extraordinary character and outrageous behaviour were shaped by his high-functioning sociopathic father during childhood, according to Mary Trump’s new book.
Jessica Corbett: Court Orders Shutdown of Dakota Access Pipeline
The decision to temporarily shut down DAPL came just a day after two energy companies cancelled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) that would have transported fracked gas through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Paul Christensen: On Silence
I am possessed of a brooding spirit, some ominous angel who has landed on my shoulders, staring at my ear. It wants to know why I do not understand silence, the poetry of space.
Video: Revolution
Revolution is comprised of 7 vignettes where individuals talk, discuss how being Black has impacted them and what the word revolution means to them.
Aileen Cassinetto: There are no kings in America
There are no kings in America.
Only gilded men we can topple
again and again.
Paul Laurence Dunbar: Sympathy
I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling…
Rebecca Gordon: The Sudden Descent of The United States
Can making Black Lives Matter rescue a failing state?
John Feffer: The De-Trumpification of America
It’s essential to ensure that the November 3rd election is free and fair, but if Trump loses, then the bigger problems are likely to begin.
Ellena Savage: Selfish, grumpy and unkind? That’s my kind of woman
The characters I find thrilling are women who are absolutely not socialised or charitable or good.
Shoshi Parks: The Shared History of Wild Horses and Indigenous People
Horse sanctuaries along the Native American Horse Trail are working to save America’s last Indigenous horses and rewrite official histories that claim they don’t exist.
