Stray dogs get taken someplace safe. Good boys and girls behind bars. Two bowls per day, barking for …
Education 101: Trump’s Defense Strategy from Seth Abramson
(THREAD) BREAKING: A top Trump ally revealed Trump's impeachment defense today—and it's not what many expected. I break it down …
Book Nook | “Sorry, I’m Mad” by Jude St. Jude
“Self-acceptance through poetry. There is nothing else like it. Jude St. Jude is a brave poet who takes on one of the most difficult topics with vulnerability and in a way that only a poet can.” Hokis
Impeachment Inquiry Day 4: Waiting for Truth, a poem by Alexander Manzoni
by Alexander Manzoni, Elections Correspondent No early morning news, today, here. Special report: Ambassador Sondland is live. And he …
Weekly Feature | Mother Earth by Rachael Ikins
“Mother Earth was inspired by a painting a friend gifted me. I met the actual artist at a gallery event years later. Global warming and human impact on the planet are a constant ache in the back of my mind.”
Education 101: Phone Calls & “It’s Gotta Be Cats!”
On hearing loud talker’s phone conversations, a clip from the film “Angles in America.” Al Pacino playing Roy Cohn, Trump’s former attorney and mentor.
Impeachment Opening Statements, a poem by Alexander Manzoni
Photo by Sara Cervera by Alexander Manzoni, Elections Correspondent Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 Good people of America, the rest …
Education 101: Impeachments & Conspiracy Theories | Nixon and Now
SLOW BURN S1 Ep. 6: Rabbit Holes
“Take a listen to how Watergate turned America into a nation of conspiracy theorists.” It explains plenty.
Giuliani: Four Charges. Cohn: Six Decades. | Editorial
CW: Mentioned is Epstein and Roy Cohn’s pedophilia rings and the Catholic sex abuse cover up is briefly mentioned.
Giuliani, his henchmen, Trump, the Cohn playbook. This time is not one event. It’s complexity reaches back to McCarthy’s Red Scare and the emboldened powerful doing harm to the innocent. This piece, and the notes below, ask you to consider “Is today part of a long timeline or an ugly human habit that is rearing it’s head again?”
Rise Above The News | #smallpress activism press kit
The antidote to anxiety is action ___ Join our ‘Rise Above the Headlines’ Campaign; Get to know our Take Action …
Weekly Feature | Complex PTSD
Editor’s note: The day we received Taylor Grace’s submission I read “I’m the Comedian Who Just Confronted Harvey Weinstein. Here’s Why I Spoke Up.Survivors of sexual assault shouldn’t have to explain their experiences — or stand in a room with Harvey Weinstein.” The parallels are stunning. Share this pairing of poetry and prose far and wide.
Book Nook | Editor’s Review of Indie Blu(e)’s SMITTEN
“It is rare to read about the ordinary day of loving and the swirl-wind of feelings of love entwined with the extraordinary complexities of being lesbian or bisexual. Indie Blu(e) press’s carefully curated collection achieved this. – Hokis
