Rebecca Gordon: Banning What Matters
Public Libraries Under MAGA Threat
Sydney Lea: But-cept
From a half-century ago, I remember wishing my oldest son would continue saying ‘upslide down’ at least until first grade.
A Teacher in NYC Tells the Children, “Look for the Helpers”
We all must demand a ceasefire now. Our witnessing and demanding change is how we can all be helpers for all children.
Arlene Weiner | Dear Editor:
We’ve subscribed to your magazine for a long time. We remember your recommendations for canned tomatoes and comparison of the nutritive value of brands of store bread, when those were … Continue reading
Albert Garcia: Ice
Between the Sierras
in the distance and a faint film
of clouds, the sun rises
red like the gills of a salmon.
Sydney Lea: The Yogurt Cure
I grow more and more reminiscent, it seems, though that’s a relative assessment. Like my old poetic hero Wordsworth, I opted for an elegiac tone very young in my writing … Continue reading
Video: Homesick
An absurdist thriller about an unhappy man who attends a retreat offering adults a second chance at a happy childhood.
Cynthia Atkins: Hairbrush
He’d fall asleep on my chest, breath light as a falling leaf.
Now, he glides the bristles down my neck— He gently fluffs
the tufts, like airing the pillows.
Video: The Ref
A referee struggles to maintain control over a 2nd grade basketball game.
Sabine Oishi: Heart to Heart | The Grandmother Thing
Thanks to our grandchildren we have a future. We are their bridge back to the land of ‘before’. They are the road not yet traveled.
Lasse Söderberg: The dead children in the Tajo River
They have left the city
and their blind games
under the white bone of the sun
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
Shannon K. Winston: Lilt
Lilt is the name of the woman you want to be—
someone who pumps her feet like a child on a swing set
and laughs and laughs and laughs into the sky.
Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DRPH: The Folly of School Openings as a Zero-Sum Game
We need to address the needs of students—and parents, and teachers. One size does not fit all, and race complicates the challenge.
