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We have memorized America, / how it was born and who we have been and where. / In ceremonies and silence we say the words, / telling the stories, singing the old songs. / We like the places they take us. Mostly we do.
By Miller WilliamsAugust 2022A Thousand Words features photography so rich with narrative that it tells a story all on its own.
June 2022June 2022To earn one’s bread by the sweat of one’s brow has always been the lot of mankind. At least, ever since Eden’s slothful couple was served with an eviction notice. The scriptural precept was never doubted, not out loud. No matter how demeaning the task, no matter how it dulls the senses and breaks the spirit, one must work. Or else.
Studs Terkel
We were warned not to complain — / plenty more temps they could call. / Warned, too, to avoid the break room / with its jailhouse camera / swiveling right outside the boss’s office, / his speakers playing only country.
By Michael MeyerhoferJune 2022April 2022They argued about the weather, sports, sex, war, race, politics, and religion; neither of them knew much about the subjects they debated, but it seemed that the less they knew the better they could argue.
Richard Wright, “The Man Who Went to Chicago”
In a lot of ways the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861 found its modern parallel on January 6, 2021.
By Jeff WeissDecember 2021Some nights, when medication and meditation have failed to put me to sleep, I think of the relatives who abandoned my family to become white people.
By Caille MillnerNovember 2021What happened to the folks in that car? Did they walk? Where are they? Where does the courage come from? Where does the terrible faith come from?
By John SteinbeckOctober 2021But some things are clear: Power begets violence. Violence reinforces power. White Americans damn well know this much.
By Kim McLarinOctober 2021September 2021The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.
Ellen DeGeneres
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