The Guillotine
A report from the scaffold, as Trump moves to purge the Justice Department of those he perceives as disloyal.
Journalism in Verse
Next Among the Countless Gales
"These sessions sound like hope—hope I’ll need while other wings approach."
To Witness Injustice
"I circle the 20th of January on my calendar, the date when
Origin of Words
By Amy Shaw. Trump's Center for Disease Control has banned seven words, including fetus, transgender, and diversity.
Thieved Native Ancestral Land: A Sleight Change of Hands
By J.L. Pugh. Should a legacy be retreat at gunpoint, much less a whiteman's ballpoint pen?
The Trauma of Working People
By Ernest Gordon Taulbee. A satirical response to the GOP tax bill, which is expected to harm middle-class and working-class America.
Methylation Without Representation
By Joseph M. Gerace. On Republicans' tax plan to enrich the one percent, for an oligarchy with Greco-Democratic roots.
General Kelly Offers a Compromise
By Tim Duffy. Imagining John Kelly at the helm during the American Civil War.
Schooling John Kelly: A Brief History of “Civil” Compromise
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. What would it really have meant to "compromise" during America's Civil War?
Not the Time
By Catherine Strayhall. "Not the time to speak/ up and ask why anyone could need/ assault rifles"
What I Remember about DACA on the Eve of Its Repeal
By Abigail Carl-Klassen. Trump ends the Dreamers' program, leaving the fate of nearly 800,000 young immigrants in limbo.
