Certain GOP pols are behaving like Dickens villains when it comes to the poor.
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Our Country, a Land of Poverty
Blake calls out those who claim to be Christians while mistreating the poor.
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GOP Attacks on the Poor? Read McCullers
In “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” McCullers calls out rightwing attacks on poverty programs. Today’s GOP should listen.
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Trump’s Modest Proposal
It may be April Fools’ Day, but there are Republicans who are advocating a version of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal.” For real.
A Teacher, Lit, & a Jailed Student
In “Reading with Patrick,” English teacher Michelle Kuo works with a student in 8th grade and then later after he has killed a man. The story brings up questions about lit’s impact.
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I Am Lazarus Come Back from the Dead
I’ve just realized that the Lazarus mentioned in Eliot’s “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a different once than I’ve been assuming. This makes me appreciate the poem even more.
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Clifton & America’s Eviction Epidemic
The United States at the moment is going through an eviction epidemic–which brings to mind a powerfully simple Lucille Clifton poem about an evicted family.
Pope Francis as Shaw’s St. Joan
Christianity is all very well in its place, but when Pope Francis comes to America counseling a dismantling of capitalism, he gets the same response that Joan of Arc does in “St. Joan.”
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The Inner City: Stay or Leave?
How do we get young people to stay in the inner city and make it a better place? Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” gives us a sense of what is possible.
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