Ni Pena Ni Miedo
Some people must wonder why we want bones.
I want them so much! I want them so much!
--Violeta Berrios in “Nostalgia for the Light”
In Chacabuco...
Trump: Making America Great (Britain) Again?
The British king’s efforts to establish “an absolute Tyranny” over the 13 original colonies led to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. In it,...
Manal and Alaa
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“Manal and Alaa: A Love Story” Copyright © 2015 by Lena Merhej. Published in...
Wake-Up Call
What does it take to represent voters? Jeanne Dietsch takes us into the unglamorous, necessary work of democracy, of a candidate for local office knocking on doors, learning her community, facing the hard questions.
You Had Me at Beheading! The Author of “Against Football” Responds...
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Copyright @ 2015 by Steve Almond. First published in The Rumpus, December 1, 2015. Reprinted...
May Our Hope Persist: A Love Letter for My Niece
America, June 2018
Dear Malia,
Let me begin with what matters most: I love you.
I don’t know how many times I have written this letter in...
After the President Calls Citizens ‘Sons of Bitches’
As I watch the line of men drop to their knees, refusing to praise
the God of country, the most jealous and vengeful God of...
Answering Alternative Facts with Fiction
There is a sense, this week, with Trump’s shifting stories on his payout to Stormy Daniels, of a crescendo in the administration's run of...
The Ghosts We Carry with Us
When I told my father that I was visiting Montgomery, his only reaction was fear — a bone-deep memory of water hoses and fire bombings, billy clubs and rough nooses.
Mixedness
What a privilege it must be for people to be able to identify you, to place you correctly in the American mosaic with just...
