Voting as a liberal in a red state can feel like Alice attempting to advance in a looking-glass world.
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My Through the Looking-Glass Vote
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Lit Produces Good Voters
Philosopher Martha Nussbaum argues that reading literature, and reading it critically, prepares one to be a good citizen who can vote responsibly.
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The Return of Debtor Imprisonment?!
The fleecing by authorities of the Ferguson Black community, including imprisonment for debt, puts one in mind of Charles Dickens’ “Little Dorrit.”
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Sometimes Whites Need Voting Rights Act
Steinbeck reminds us that it is not only people of color who have had their voting rights infringed.
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