John Guzlowski: Four Poems
My mother never thought she’d survive
that first winter in the slave labor camps.
Abby Zimet: Get Out, You Animals, Get Out | We Are Humans, Starved
The grotesque madness of history’s first live-streamed genocide persists as Israel daily commits acts once unimaginable.
Jessica Bagwell: Study of an Olive Tree
Slick, ovalescent, stone
fruit, slung between leaves,
poised on the branch–waiting,
for warm hands
to pluck.
Jeffrey D. Sachs: How the CIA Destabilizes the World
The extent of the continuing mayhem resulting from CIA operations gone awry is astounding.
Patricia A. Nugent: Healing Japan
I dreamed Peggy invited me to go to Japan with her. That’s all I remember, her asking me. I don’t know how I responded.
Baron Wormser: Disunited Delusions
Donald Trump, as an unrestrained American ego, seems like an allegorical figure of the sort that Melville had a fondness for—the Confidence Man, par excellence.
Stan Cox: As Climate Chaos Accelerates, Governments Avert Their Eyes
The Earth’s not just steadily warming; it’s heating up at an ever-faster pace.
Sahar Rabah: May the Language Do You Justice
Walking barefoot on the thorns
Of your nightmares
Brett Wilkins: As Hawks Urge Biden to Bomb Iran, Barbara Lee Says Reject Push for Wider War
“The path forward to peace and security throughout the region is dependent on a cessation of hostilities in Gaza.”
Lisa Suhair Majaj: What She Said
She said, go play outside,
but don’t throw balls near the soldiers.
When a jeep goes past
keep your eyes on the ground.
Chris Winters: Elder Power
These first-time activists show that the front line isn’t just for the young.
Julia Conley: Pelosi Calls for FBI to Investigate Cease-Fire Supporters
Three-quarters of Democrats in the survey backed a cease-fire, along with half of Republicans. Pelosi is calling for the FBI to investigate ties to Russia.
Abby Zimet: Ironclad Support For Starving, Blinding, Shattering Children
Gaza’s horrors grow. Israel kills 250 people a day, attacks hospitals, bombs survivors in tents, blocks over 75% of humanitarian aid from reaching a place where “every single person is hungry,” a quarter are starving, most are cold, 60,000 are maimed.
Matthew J. Parker: The Hamas T-Shirt Fan Club
On October 17th, just ten days after Hamas massacred over 1,400 Israelis, an email on our faculty listserv announced that, on the following day, there would be a national student … Continue reading
