Category Archives: Politics

What’s Your Problem with Joe Biden?

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Susan Rukeyser

Susan Rukeyser performed this piece at The Desert Split Open Mic, a radical, queer, feminist open mic she recently started in Joshua Tree, CA. Continue reading →

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Youth for the President

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Barry Alfonso

A reformed prankster recalls his experience as a fake Nixon booster. Continue reading →

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What Oprah Said

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Mickey Gomez

Here’s what we can do: we can give Oprah this moment. Continue reading →

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Just Say (N)Oprah or, Make Great American Again

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Sean Murphy

Since when did wanting to do the job; in Oprah’s case, coming down from the mountaintop to do the job, replace being able to do the job? Continue reading →

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Gunned Down in Chicago: An Eyewitness Report

Posted on October 20, 2017 by KP Dawes

Gun violence in Chicago represents the greatest political failure of modern American history, and it won’t change anytime soon. Continue reading →

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Donald Trump: The Man in America’s Mirror

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Sean Murphy

Even as he fails and flails, Trump can be seen as the symptom, not the disease, of what ails America. Continue reading →

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Trump: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 3)

Posted on August 11, 2017 by KP Dawes

In this final installment of a three-part series we examine why Donald Trump is making America ugly again. Continue reading →

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