A judge read Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” as she issued an injunction against federal agents sent by the Trump administration.
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Tag Archives: ICE
Chicago’s Big Shoulders vs. ICE
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ICE Agents and Falstaff’s Army
ICE recruitment is, in many ways, proving a disaster, bringing to mind Falstaff’s recruiting methods in “Henry IV, Part II.”
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Stephen King Understands MAGA
Stephen King is the most banned author in America at the moment. It may be because he depicts America’s dark side so vividly.
Latino Author Battles Caricatures
Muñoz’s stories in “The Consequences” humanize people that Trump and ICE are seeking to demonize.
Channel Your Inner Gandalf
Gandalf challenges the allied forces to stand tall against Sauron. Don’t underestimate such principled stands.
Hammett on Boomeranging Power Plays
Hammett’s “Red Harvest,” with its tale of corruption rebounding on the corrupt, seems particularly relevant today.
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Atwood Predicted ICE
In her sequel to “Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood describes arrest scenes that immigrants snatched by ICE are actually experiencing.
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The ICEman Cometh
ICE’s attack on immigrants brings to mind Frost’s “Fire and Ice,” O’Neill’s “The Ice Man Cometh,” Stevens’s “The Emperor of Ice Cream,” and Niemöller’s “First They Came.”
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Kafka and America’s Disappeared
America is “disappearing” people, bringing to mind the fate of K in Kafka’s “Trial.”
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