Saturday, February 14, 2026

THE CANADIAN CURRY PEOPLE

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by Ain Khan I try to explain to my coworker the concept of a Pakistani auntie — an older woman in the community  who knows everyone’s busine...

WE CAN DO VERY LITTLE, BUT I WILL DO THIS

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by Annie Stenzel       Starting now, I propose to use GOOD, instead of good when I talk about a Good thing, and to say PRETTI rather than pr...

A VALENTINE FOR MINNEAPOLIS

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by Lisa Shulman   I love the crunch of your boots in the icy streets, the rhythmic beat of your mittened hands, the steam of your breath and...
Friday, February 13, 2026

EQUITY AND TOLERANCE

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FOR STONEWALL by Roberta Batorsky     Three days after the Trump administration  removed a Rainbow Flag from the Stonewall National Monument...

TRUMP MAKES ME WISH

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by   Kevin Boyc e   AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for The New Verse News. that superheroes were real. What if Superman was on his way ...

FROM THE FIELDS OF MINNESOTA

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by Mike Bayles   an old watercolor believed to be of Grand Marais, Minnesota     Each winter fields rested and in spring they foun...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

IN THE PRESENCE OF PEACE

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by  Ron Shapiro   Photo by Ron Shapiro On the Metro towards DC, I feel a sense of excitement and anticipation, a call for peace, an invitati...

BRANKS

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by Julie Steiner Images of Epstein victims as depicted in Feb. 8, 2026, Super Bowl ad . Image of branks from an oil painting by John Willie,...

A BLOT UPON THEE

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by Zumwalt         "One prominent House Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, said Monday afternoon that he had reviewed the unreda...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

FOR THE WATCHERS

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by Greg Watson     Driving my daughter to school this morning, circling the block past the long line of buses, we notice again the parents...

A WHISTLE AND A HONK FOR OUR CITIES UNDER SIEGE

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by Raymond Nat Turner         Exploding eyeballs of children in chokeholds. Shivering   seniors drug out into teen temperatures in their un...