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A curated webspace for Poetry, Politics, and Nature with over 6,000,000 visitors since 2014 and over 9,000 archived posts.

Robert Stewart: The Hole

The first time I took a turn on a jackhammer, on a sewer-repair crew, the foreman told me to strap steel toe guards onto my boots.  My boots already had toes … Continue reading

November 17, 2025 · 11 Comments

Video: Local One

Local One takes us into the first days of the strike at two Amazon warehouses in New York City, this time in solidarity with hundreds more workers across the country.

January 22, 2025 · Leave a comment

Aru Shiney-Ajay: To Confront Trump and the Climate Crisis, Democrats Must Stand Up for Working People

Taking on corporate power and putting workers at the center of the party’s agenda is the best defense against the divide-and-conquer strategy of the populist right. That means backing policies … Continue reading

December 12, 2024 · 3 Comments

Rebecca Gordon: Staring Down Misogyny

What the election means for women (and the rest of us)

December 3, 2024 · 9 Comments

Joseph Bathanti: Steady Daylight

Today in Heaven,
my father turned 105.
Finally working steady daylight

December 1, 2024 · 20 Comments

Jake Johnson: UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire

Fresh off historic contract victories, the United Auto Workers on Friday became the largest U.S. union to endorse a cease-fire in Gaza as Israel resumed its bombardment of the Palestinian territory following a weeklong pause.

December 4, 2023 · 2 Comments

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