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Rev. William J. Barber II, Karen Dolan: This is an Election Americans Cannot Afford to Lose

The stakes for America’s poor and low-income families are huge this election.

November 6, 2022 · Leave a comment

Adrienne Maree Brown: Accountable to Our Ancestors

Lately it feels like ancestors are talking to me all the time.

November 3, 2022 · Leave a comment

Tony Gloeggler: Social Story

how happy and lucky
it made us feel to know
we had someone we loved
who loved us back

November 1, 2022 · 8 Comments

Leonore Wilson: Three Poems About the Fires

their beaks held
tiny morsels of tenderness
as if they were ripped
from temple vaults…

October 30, 2022 · 4 Comments

Charles Davidson: Vincent van Gogh | “Best and Deepest” Self-Portraits

IF ONE TAKES THE TIME to study Vincent van Gogh’s numerous self-portraits, it is apparent that there are several “Vincents” dwelling within the one Vincent.

October 30, 2022 · 2 Comments

Video: Urban Oasis – a love letter to San Francisco

A journey through the contrasting urban and natural spaces within San Francisco’s 49 square miles.

October 29, 2022 · Leave a comment

Abby Zimet: ReAwakening To Insect Burgers, Deep-State Trash, Globalist Predators and Demonic Satellites, Praise God

We regret to inform you that a bewilderingly sizeable segment of our country has mutated into a horde of racist, crackpot, paranoid, Covid-denying, demon-obsessed, anti-trans-and-illuminati-and-quantum-physics “Army of God” warriors…

October 27, 2022 · 6 Comments

Chris Hedges: Writing on War

And Living in a World from Hell

October 26, 2022 · 4 Comments

Michael Simms: God, Poetry and Trauma

In the 19th century, if you asked a scientist whether he believed in God, he would have answered, ‘Of course, I don’t believe in God, I’m a scientist.” But if you ask a scientist today whether he believes in God, he would answer, “Of course, I believe in God, I’m a scientist.”

October 22, 2022 · 21 Comments

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer: Embracing the Mess

I like it best when the memories are everywhere—
and I stumble over the ghosts of wooden train tracks,
trip on the spot where you used to do push-ups

October 19, 2022 · 14 Comments

Adrienne Maree Brown: Accountable to Earth

Imagine a common reality of collectively prioritizing our most universal gift…

October 13, 2022 · 7 Comments

Wayne Karlin: Because You Are Not Here

Because you are not here
you are always here

October 11, 2022 · 10 Comments

Video: The Bridge | Shaun Johnston & Amber Marshall (from Heartland)

Walk me over this bridge
River so deep and so wide
Just walk me over the bridge, my darling
We’ll get to the other side

October 9, 2022 · Leave a comment

Valarie Kaur: Forgiveness

Forgiveness was not a substitute for justice; it had energized us in the
fight for justice.

October 4, 2022 · 11 Comments

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