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poetry

Which Ice Melts Faster?

Everett Cruz Dear Human at the Edge of Time
As the ice melts at the global poles, Texas poet Everett Cruz laments our leaders plead for their votes at the polls but ignore the results.

poetry

Dreams Need No Borders

Juliet Hinton
Mississippi poet Juliet Hinton writes of her dreams fulfilled, thanks to a good education.

film

What Do John Gotti and Donald Trump Have in Common?

Bill Fletcher, Jr. Liberation Road
" Wouldn’t people have understood precisely who he was?  The answer is simple:  Yes, they understood who he was, and they did not care--until two things happened. First, he fell out of style. And second, the brutality of the man became undeniable."

poetry

Iowa Requiem, 2018

Peter Neil Carroll
Peter Carroll’s visit to Perry, Iowa gives no warning of sudden violence that occurred there this week, except for feelings of despair that might afflict a troubled young man with nowhere to go.

food

The Vegan School Lunch

Jesse Hirsch Ambrook Research
In the popular imagination, vegan school lunch may seem like the exclusive provenance of big cities like New York, but the tide appears to have shifted significantly in much of the country.
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