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Voting Demographics in 2020 A.D.

Published on September 14, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Kate Burnham

By Kate Burnham. “There are curses older than man that we have been tasked to break.”

Published on August 26, 2019 in Identity/U.S. by Thea Engst

By Thea Engst. Farmers have long been a backbone of American industry. What does it cost for them to survive?

Published on August 13, 2019 in Health/U.S. by Maureen Doallas

By Maureen Doallas. In a scene seemingly lifted from the Antebellum south, white Texan officers arrest a mentally-ill black man by rope.

Published on August 13, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Cody Walker

By Cody Walker. Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell. What’s funny about that?

Published on August 9, 2019 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Andrew Posner

By Andrew Posner. How does so much bounty go to rot time after time after time?

Published on August 8, 2019 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Marina Stevenson

By Marina Stevenson. Garlic cloves, like gun rights, must be broken to let the healing begin.

Published on August 8, 2019 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Mary Ann Honaker

By Mary Ann Honaker. For survivors of the latest mass shootings, this is a news cycle that will never stop.

Published on August 5, 2019 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Megan Merchant

By Megan Merchant. “We are calling this piece ‘249 mass shootings in 2019’. A title in-progress.”

Published on July 26, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Miriam Jacobs

By Miriam C. Jacobs. A found poem from Hans Christian Andersen fairytales for the Trump voters enticed by an empty promise.

Published on July 18, 2019 in Immigration/Politics/U.S. by Bunkong Tuon

By Bunkong Tuon. A message from the president travels to undefined borders.