Thursday, April 07, 2022

AMAZON

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by Donna Katzin On Friday [April 1, Christian Smalls] won the first successful unionization effort at any Amazon warehouse in the United Sta...
Wednesday, April 06, 2022

THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF WAR

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by Katherine West  “A Room of Memory” by Chiharu Shiota (2009): old wooden windows, group exhibition Hundred Stories about Love , 21st Cent...
Tuesday, April 05, 2022

WHEN ALL ROADS LEAD TO MONSTERS

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In memory of Boris Romantschenko  1926-2022 by Shelly Blankman I When all roads lead to monsters, where do you turn? Plucked like a stinkwee...
Monday, April 04, 2022

BUCHA MASSACRE

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by Cathy Hailey Photo from the streets of Bucha tweeted by Kira Rudik, Member of Ukrainian Parliament, Leader of Political party Golos. Dea...

DEAR WILLIAM

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by Geoffrey Philp "Relationships evolve. Friendship endures." — Prince William, Duke of Cambridge I hope I'm not breaking any ...
Sunday, April 03, 2022

GOOD MORNING, STAR

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by  Sally Zakariya We greet you with awe, with wonder, Earendel, Morning Star, farthest star we humans have yet glimpsed  through our roving...
Saturday, April 02, 2022

TIME'S UP

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by Judy Juanita “Burn this city,” a photograph by Anthony Citro. Just because Woolworth's lunch counters were integrated And black peopl...
Friday, April 01, 2022

ON PINPOINTS & SUBJECT BROACHES

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by Jen Schneider Madeleine Albright: Diplomat used brooches, costume jewelry pins to “deliver a message.” — USA Today , March 23, 2022. Phot...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

FOR HIS LEGACY

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by Richard Matta He lines up his army men sacrifices them,  with the enemy he alone creates  because he wants to play with toy soldiers...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

THE RUSSIANS

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by Suzanne Morris Top photo:  ‘Things Will Only Get Worse.’ Putin’s War Sends Russians Into Exile. — The New York Times , March 13, 2022. Bo...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

ALOPECIA

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by Annie Cowell My friend’s hair fell out. Head, brows, lashes, body; every single hair. One day she was lustrous, the next day naked.  No e...

MAKE DINNER WITH THE TELEVISION ON

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by Alice Campbell Romano Photo of @AdamParkhomenko’s family trapped in Ukraine. Face what you have to face. Chop onions. Let your eyes sting...

KOAN AT THE OSCARS

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Jerome Betts lives in Devon, England, and edits the verse quarterly Lighten Up Online . His work has appeared in a wide variety of British ...
Monday, March 28, 2022

SOME TOXIC ELEMENTS OF THE PATRIARCHY

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by Emily Rock Jack Ohman: Law & Order, Senate GOP …were on display in the Senate as Ketanji Brown Jackson faced down the Judiciary Commi...