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A Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration
By Elizabeth AlexanderDecember 2018— from “In The Beautiful Rain” | Hearing that old phrase “a good death,” / which I still don’t exactly understand, / I’ve decided I’ve already / had so many, I don’t need another.
By Tony HoaglandDecember 2018Please understand: the external metamorphosis comes only at the very end, after a long, sustained effort. There is a lot of inner work you have to do before then. Also there is luck involved.
By Emily MitchellDecember 2018Over and over I have discovered that my children feel alienated in environments where, at their age, I felt an automatic sense of belonging.
By Krista BremerDecember 2018White supremacy is not just Nazis marching in the street. In the U.S. it’s always been a part of the economic and social system.
By Mark LevitonDecember 2018November 2018One of the first things we must get rid of is the idea that democracy is tantamount to capitalism.
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By Our ReadersNovember 2018The modern growth of monopolies in the shape of trusts, cartels, federations of employers and so on has greatly increased the power of the capitalist to levy toll on the community. This tendency will not cease of itself, but only through definite action on the part of those who do not profit by the capitalist regime.
By Bertrand RussellNovember 2018My love for you is a sun inside my chest. / It burns like shingles, wrings tears from my eyes / like the hands of a tough old woman washing / clothes in a tin tub.
By Terri Kirby EricksonNovember 2018Personal, political, provocative writing delivered to your doorstep every month—without a single ad.
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