Eva-Maria Simms: Letter from my 60th Birthday
I broke into tears before the great abbey door because the lament of the elements had overwhelmed my heart.
Steven Rosenfeld: Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies
We’re used to thinking of Hitler’s Third Reich as the incomparably evil tyranny that it undoubtedly was. But Hitler didn’t take power by force. He used a set of rhetorical tropes codified in Trump’s bedside reading that persuaded enough Germans to welcome Hitler as a populist leader.
Leah Penniman: By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves
Enslavement and sharecropping cannot erase thousands of years of Black people’s sacred relationship with the land.
Eva-Maria Simms: What can we learn from the government shutdown?
The Trump government shut-down, when seen in light of the Republican agenda, seemed like a good idea: government is superfluous, so why not shut it down?
Dr. Eva-Maria Simms: Under International Law, Children Have The Right To Be With Their Families
Over the past weeks, we have seen horrific pictures of children separated from their parents and detained in tents and holding pens. Politicians justify this by claiming that they are enforcing … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
These fat-free, gluten-free macaroons are pure magic and delicious. Try out the aquafaba – you won’t miss the egg whites at all. Ingredients Aquafaba* from 1 can of organic … Continue reading
Michael Simms: The Marriage-Bed
For Eva The marriage-bed is the center of happiness a point from which all things ripple outward, a nest from which all things learn to fly. It is the … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Parsnip and Apple Soup
This lovely, creamy soup is very soothing and has a great delicate flavor. It’s texture is enhanced by a sprinkling of deep fried parsnip shreds. YIELD: Makes about 6 cups … Continue reading
Eva-Maria Simms: Fascism is never democratic
It was St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 2016, and I was out in my garden digging the ground in preparation for the spring planting season. The day was warm, and … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Eva’s Garden Angel Scones
I never liked the fuss of making biscuits – all the little bits and pieces that were leftover when cutting out the biscuits seemed such a waste, and the miser … Continue reading
Eva-Maria Simms: To be lovestruck, not colorblind
In his Foreword to Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Cornel West challenges the idea of colorblindness as the driving force for … Continue reading
Eva-Maria Simms: The Playbook of Dictatorship
What Americans have to be Vigilant About My family endured the Nazi years in Germany. My grandfather was an entrepreneur in the publishing business, and he was very aware of … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Angel Biscuits
On my bookshelf in the kitchen I have a folder that contains recipes I have collected over the past 40 years. I started when I was 17, asking the old … Continue reading
The Vegan Kitchen: Summer Country Scones
I come from a long line of women who were excellent home bakers, and my challenge these days is to continue this tradition with vegan ingredients. One of my all-time … Continue reading
