Sunday, October 16, 2022

SWEET TRAPEZE ARTISTS OF FREEDOM

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by   Nanette Rayman-Rivera Artwork by Sahar Goreshi to the women of Iran The smell is sultry, veined with gristle like tempting meat, a stea...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

MAGICIANS

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by Katherine West At first they just let us out for Christmas  like Eleanor of Aquitaine  in Lion in Winter We were a bit cranky  (like Elea...
Friday, October 14, 2022

HURRICANE IAN: GIFTS IN THE MISERY OF AFTERMATH

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by Claire Matturro Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again. She lost it outside her Fort Myers home just days befor...
Thursday, October 13, 2022

AYITI 2022

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by Roodly Laurore translated from Haitian Kreyòl by Jerrrice J. Baptiste The gunmen who invaded Christelle Pierre’s neighborhood in July gav...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

ALBERT & AARON: CIRCLE OF LIFE

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by Earl J. Wilcox Albert—Dominican Babe, hitter of 700 plus round trippers, Ruth-catcher, Redbird with a tilted Halo, grace under pressure, ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

GROWTH IN PARTY UNITY

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by Jerome Betts Available from RedMolotov Liz Truss has attempted to unite her party around a common enemy of the “anti-growth coalition” of...
Monday, October 10, 2022

FINAL RESTING PLACE

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by  Kashiana Singh An American dream turned nightmare: Four members of a Sikh family in California kidnapped and killed. — CNN , 6 October 2...
Sunday, October 09, 2022

OUT AT SEA

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by Lee Eustace Almost 12 hours after two vessels sank in the Aegean sea, rescue workers hampered by inclement weather were in a race against...
Saturday, October 08, 2022

AN ODE TO SILPHION

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by Maryanne Hannan This miracle plant was eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago—or was it? Silphion cured diseases and made food tasty, but ...
Friday, October 07, 2022

ANOTHER COMPRADORE

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by Akua Lezli Hope Original photo at Esquire Stop talking about him. Stop giving him play. Turn your back. Make him disappear off our feeds,...
Thursday, October 06, 2022

[THIS POEM WILL PROBABLY GET US KILLED]

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by Sharmila   Voorakkara & Ron Riekki Planned Parenthood officials on Monday announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic—a 37ft recrea...
Wednesday, October 05, 2022

MORE THAN A CITY OF NUMBERS / A CITY OF NAMES

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by Jen Schneider This maps the victims of gun violence: 1,445 nonfatal and 377 fatal shooting victims as of Oct 2, 2022. — Mapping Philadelp...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

FIRST ROUND, BRAZIL

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by  Indran Amirthanayagam The former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, speaking after election results were announced on Sunday. Mr. da ...
Monday, October 03, 2022

LIGHTS OUT

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by Alejandro Escudé In 2014, Los Angeles cut its annual carbon emissions by 43% and saved $9 million in energy costs by replacing the bulbs ...