Balance
In San Francisco, manifest destiny meets Land's End.
Journalism in Verse
Donald Trump Meditating on Love
From the trenches of his trade war, it's the President as you've
The Guillotine
A report from the scaffold, as Trump moves to purge the Justice
My father is concerned
By Megan Merchant. "I tell him the nearest gun store is 2.3 miles from where my son is erasing a mistake."
Bearing Witness
By Moira Roth. A poet's newspapers unfold disquieting headlines near and far.
A Small Cemetery in Texas
By Howie Good. The Sutherland Springs massacre had 26 victims. Now, a church struggles to bury the dead.
As I Step Over a Puddle in the Middle of Autumn, I Think of a Modern Japanese President
By Paul Bone. Trump's visit to Japan, a koi pond, and the universal practice of poetic license.
In Utuado, Blanca Mops [AUDIO]
By Lis Sanchez. In Puerto Rico, a mother is stranded on makeshift life support in the man-made disaster that hit after Hurricane
While Everything Falls Apart, Imagine How You’ll Teach Your Son About Guns
By Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. A son asks his mother to sing his favorite song, “Bang, bang"— the sound of gunshots.
Morpheus in West Virginia
By Marc Alan Di Martino. The American family earning billions from the opioid crisis it helped to invent.
