A Lucille Clifton poem for Indigenous People’s Day, which shows us the need for the holiday.
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On Clifton, Columbus, and Indians
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The Shot Heard Round the World
250 years after the Battle of Lexington and Concord, immortalized by a Ralph Waldo Emerson poem, Americans once again are rising up against authoritarian rule.
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We’re All Embattled Farmers Now
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Trump’s Debate and Swift’s City Shower
Trump’s torrent of lies in Thursday’s debate brings to mind Swift’s poem “Description of a City Shower.”
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