Category: amerika
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To all you Presidents of the United States of Love this Presidents Day. And, lest we forget, the original: more ›
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Note: I was working on this list-cum-manifesto during the recent elections in the U.S. and found it now in my draft folder. Because of the results of that election, I… more ›
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I sent a love letter to the DNC this morning: After 30 years of voting almost entirely for Democratic candidates on local, state, and national ballots I will no longer… more ›
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Any time an apology is issued, we need to ask why. Just who exactly is she apologizing to? Can you apologize to the dead?Or is this merely an exercise in… more ›
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After two months as a Peace Corps Trainee I left. I left the Corps. I left Poland. I returned to Texas disenchanted, discouraged, and disappointed. Not necessarily in that order.… more ›
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Maybe she had asked the question before; maybe she’d forgotten my rambling answer. I vaguely remember, perhaps, that we’d had this conversation sitting, no less, at a coffee shop in… more ›
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When ostensibly asked if she supported violence while she was in jail, Angela Davis not only explained violence, but she related its origin: the violent state. Any violence perpetrated by… more ›
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“I won’t be fooled by a cheap cinematic trick.” – Missing Persons The fourth annual Oak Cliff Film Festival opened last night with a showing of dir. Sean Baker’s Tangerine at the… more ›
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I rarely feel or experience white privilege as such. As someone who grew up in poverty in rural Texas, I always thought the battle was between the poor and the… more ›
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I’m currently drafting a letter to my senators regarding the letter they sent to Iran. It’s a letter about another letter–a meta-letter, if you will. Dear Senator: As a constituent… more ›