The Day After Trump Won the Second Time
In the dust of political defeat, something else rises: tenderness.
Journalism in Verse
Dry Eyes
Everything has changed since then, and nothing has.
Disinherited: A Lament
We once wore the white viburnum of suffragists. And now?
Post-Truth is the New Eden
By Jo-Ella Sarich. The poet examines corruption, propaganda, and some terrible confusion.
Rex Tillerson Drills for Oil
By Ruth Crossman. The unity of state and oil, embodied by the U.S. Secretary of State.
Nevertheless, She Persisted
By Devon Balwit. What happens when you try to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren?
Urban Black Girl Reads
By Siaara Freeman. On the identities central to viral protest signs from the Women's March.
America [VIDEO]
By Craig Santos Perez. A monumental contemporary verse modeled after Allen Ginsberg's classic poem.
State Change (Two Poems)
By Jan Steckel. A reflection on the weeks between Trump's election and his presidency.
Together Has Always Meant Yes
By Barbara Joan Tiger Bass. On the Women's March and the vivid shapes the future can take.
