William Trowbridge: Gun Crazy, 1955
My father, despite the possibility of a court martial, plus a ban against shipping firearms from overseas, managed to get his service pistol and an assortment of souvenir German firearms shipped to our home in his Army foot locker
Mike Schneider: Stirring Up the “Great Folk Scare”
There’s nothing easy-going about the folk songs of the Greenwich Village revival, not the ones Dylan sang — a man-killing woman, catastrophic floods, a man driven insane by love — songs that taught him there’s nothing new on Earth.
Bob Dylan: Nobel Lecture
When awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, Bob Dylan gave no comment for two weeks, ignored the Academy’s calls, didn’t attend the ceremony, and collected the award in a hoodie four months later. But Dylan later sent them a rambling, 27-minute ode to literature.
Eloise Goldsmith: ‘Now Do Netanyahu’ | Philippines’ Duterte Arrested Under ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity
The arrest prompted some observers to urge the arrest of another public figure who faces ICC charges: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sonali Kolhatkar: 7 Ways to Rise Up Against Trumpism 2.0
Grassroots movements, legal organizations, and nonprofits are leading the opposition.
Douglas H. White: Surviving Hard Times
The Last Generation of Black Americans Under Jim Crow and the Culture of Racism in America
Derrick Z. Jackson: President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections
Left in the wake are demonized and demoralized federal scientists.
Grace Hussain: For Siċaŋġu Nation, Taking Food Sovereignty Back Means Eating Climate-Friendly
Mushrooms, bison, and foraged plants offer a critical mix of new and old food traditions.
Jean d’Amérique: Blood in my Gullet
Each kid receives a page ripped from a dirty life;
no minimum age here for taking up the gun.
Don’t be appalled that a boy pays his hood tribute in bullets.
Daniel Hunter: We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance
Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
Abby Zimet: These Little Men | An Everlasting Shame For America
The attempted ritual humiliation of Zelensky came as Ukraine, a small struggling democracy of 38 million people, is ravaged by a nation of 144 million led by a gangster.
Robert Walicki: Asleep
Another knuckle white morning,
in a neighborhood of slammed doors,
the salt covered cars and trucks in a haze,
saying prayers to the God of paychecks and Friday afternoons.
Andy Young: Ash Wednesday 2020
Sitges, Catalunya We slept to the clatter of the sea and rose to search for the weeping drag queens displaying their mourningbehind the king’s erect effigy paraded to the sea … Continue reading
Michael T. Young: The Need to Believe | The Poetry of Lisel Mueller
This is the power we need in a post-truth world, where political forces claim the right to manipulate our perceptions through distortions of language.
