My family is scared to step outside,” a student admitted during my class. Around him heads nodded. All were born in the U.S.…
Oh, Trump wasn’t that bad.” I saw my neighbor hold court on the stoop. “Had money in my pocket. Hell, half the…
As fireworks boom and politicians solemnize Independence Day, the United States betrays the freedom of people around the world. The 4th of…
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The stakes are high. The nation is being led to a precipice by a man so desperate to not take responsibility for the multiple crises he made worse that he is willing to fan the flames so the smoke gets in our eyes.
In the morning and in the evening, every single person in my life works. We work and work and work and are too tired to see the future. We need better
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(Graphic images to see what is described are at the source) — Old men with creased faces watch us enter the cemetery. A…
Glass crunches underfoot. We walk into downtown Port au Prince, a jagged valley of collapsed stone. A chunk of wall was split…
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