No Consolation (Two Poems)
By Marsha Owens. Neither social media nor nature can soothe during this political moment.
Lunacy [AUDIO]
By Cody Walker. Maybe Jared Kushner’s alleged collusion with Russia is as simple as it looks.
Don’t Think of an Elephant
By Jackleen Holton Hookway. Long before Trump Jr. met Russian operatives, he hunted & killed the symbol of his father’s party.
Parable
By J.D. Smith. In American politics, is wealth as good as wisdom?
Remembering Long-Ago Dreams of My Mother
By Elizabeth J. Coleman. As America reckons, to when do we look?
Hungary South Dakota California
By Sarah Kobrinsky. Poetry that’s scary to write is the kind we have to read.
Compound
By AJ Dent. What happens to a father’s conservative politics in an era of awoken daughters?
The Problem with Testimony
By Lauren Camp. Key excerpts from Attorney General Jeff Session’s remarks to the Senate.
Tabloid Tango
By Julia Vinograd. Nobody believes the news.
Bodyslam
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. Reflections on the body-slamming of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs by Greg Gianforte, Montana’s congressional-elect.