William Wenthe: Assembly
What moved us, perhaps, was something like
what moves the calling of these robins.
Sophie Cabot Black: Democracy Until
And to set fire before heading on
Is also to say it does not matter
Which part is played
But that it gets played.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Uneasy Election Enthusiasm in Philadelphia
More than any other social condition, concentrated poverty erodes the cooperative networks on which democratic participation depends.
Charles Davidson | A Call to Confess: Christians on the Eve of the 2024 U.S. Election
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the 1930s German “Confessing Church” Speak to Us
Kristin Kanthak: How votes are counted in Pennsylvania
Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process.
Bill Knott: The Closet
I shall find room enough here
By excluding myself; by excluding myself, I’ll grow.
Video: Michelle Obama Rallies for Harris in Kalamazoo
Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 26, 2024.
Doralee Brooks: Three Poems
Carmen, the shop assistant, slender and kinetic as a twig in wind,
scrubs my hair. Says how she waxes herself, down there.
Steven Rosenfeld: Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies
Watching Trump work his crowds, I see a dangerously manipulative narcissist unleashing the demagogic spells that he learned from studying Hitler’s speeches–spells that he cannot control and that are capable of eroding the fabric of American democracy
Abby Zimet: Their Lasting Legacy | Talk About A Shithole Country
Because things can always get weirder, the newest statue on the National Mall features a faux-bronze turd sitting on Nancy Pelosi’s desk
Adam Patric Miller: The New Normal
The answer to the threats, the bullets, the bombs, the bombast of our politicians, is contained in the act of educating young people to think for themselves and to see the fragile humanity of people.
Barbara Crooker: Treadmill
We lift weights. We
feel great. We
do yoga. We
eat granola.
Emily De Ferrari: Mark the Day
measure the time
since the last poem
since the lost word
Charles Davidson: When a Cardinal Capitulates before Trump as a Pope Did before Hitler
What might Cardinal Dolan say to his friend Donald Trump, should Mr. Trump order the Department of Homeland Security to separate, arrest, incarcerate, and deport millions of immigrant human beings from across this nation?
