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There Was A Man

Published on January 27, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Richard Garcia

By Richard Garcia. About a man, a ladder and a wall.

Published on January 26, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Jeff Hardin

By Jeff Hardin. “You are not you, not the you you assume.”

Published on January 26, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Abigail Carl-Klassen

By Abigail Carl-Klassen. “They cry ‘border violence,’ even though they brought the violence to us.”

Published on January 14, 2019 in U.S. by Kate McLaughlin

By Kate McLaughlin. “i will collect each ragged piece of you and rearrange you, carefully, and i will use you…”

Published on January 13, 2019 in U.S. by Jeremy Nathan Marks

By Jeremy Nathan Marks. A poet reckons with the toll from the post-9/11 wars.

Published on January 7, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Rémy Dambron

By Rémy Dambron. Adjusting to a world in which “Justice” and “Kavanaugh” hold space together.

Published on January 7, 2019 in Politics/U.S. by Adam Malinowski

By Adam Malinowski. This is what happens when we force love to travel illegally.

Published on December 30, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Robyn Hunt

By Robyn Hunt. There were 94 school shootings in 2018, the worst year on record.

Published on December 30, 2018 in U.S. by Olga Dermott-Bond

By Olga Dermott-Bond. Two nuns stole a substantial amount of school money for a Las Vegas gambling trip.

Published on December 9, 2018 in Gun Violence/U.S. by Kayla Berkey

By Kayla Berkey. What grips a monopoly on grief and is read all over?