In Commander of the Watch Sam Vimes, Terry Pratchett gives us a positive model for countering “the Summoning Dark” that has overtaken segments of America.
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ICE, the Summoning Dark, and Sam Vimes
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King and the Reality of Police Violence
in “Bullet Points,” Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown calls out the reality of police violence.
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Odysseus’s Authoritarian Power Play
Homer shows the dynamics of authoritarianism at work in an “Iliad” incident where Odysseus disciplines a critic of the Greek mission.
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The Color Purple and a Texas Pool Party
The out-of-control police officer at an African American pool party brings to mind a scene from “The Color Purple.” We’ve made progress, however, since the days in which the novel is set.
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