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Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts

Showing posts with label oppression. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2026

I WEEP FOR THE WORLD

by Mary Saracino “Weeping World” print by Marinka Bendova at Saatchi Art I weep for the world, for women and girls for boys and men, living ...

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

THE DEATH OF A POET

by Roxanne Doty These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza. — Literary Hub , December 21, 2023 Before they were bombed fro...

Saturday, July 29, 2023

KNOW THE VICTIM; KNOW THE SHOOTER

by Laura Lindeman I know the victim! knew… Time in suspension For his extravagant antics: Bouncing down the halls, Bouncing words at teache...

Friday, May 12, 2023

REPARATIONS APPROVED: YESSSSSSSS

by Judy Juanita California is moving forward with its effort to compensate and apologize to Black residents for harm caused by discriminator...

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

THE BOARD SPEAKS TO AN ASSEMBLY OF FIFTH-GRADE GIRLS

by Terri Kirby Erickson Sunday school at a Baptist church in Kentucky, 1946 The Board has determined that fifth grade, which may be too...

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

THERE IS A SOUND

by James Bettendorf There is a sound in Minneapolis Like the tearing of heavy cloth Where laws favor groups, that oppress Other...

THRENODY

by Buff Whitman-Bradley Detail of the Cover of I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi. In America now We can...

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