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Economic Inequality Has Gone Bananas
The same week the now-infamous banana gallery piece sold for over $100,000, the Trump administration announced its plans to slash the nation’s nutrition assistance program. Read more
Dec 11, 2019
The Fight Inside the NLRB for Union Rights
The NLRB unions argue that a recent set of executive orders from the board prevent them from undertaking basic union functions. Read more
Dec 11, 2019
Formerly Incarcerated People Deserve a Just Green New Deal
The resolution left out one group that desperately needs a place in this new economy: people with criminal records. Read more
Dec 10, 2019
Poems
We’ve published original poetry in our pages since 1995. We believe in poetry, and we believe in the power of words and the art of arranging them.
Sailing Over a Barbed Wire Fence
This poem is about a hate crime. It’s also about Donald Trump’s idea of hell: empathy. Read more
Aug 3, 2019
A Poet Gives Witness to War
In her new book, Carolyn Forché recounts travels in El Salvador during some of its bloodiest days in the dark Reagan 1980s. “The refugees now coming from Central America are normal people,” she says, “running away from something that we helped create Read more
Apr 4, 2019