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
Speaking in America
By Roxana L. Cazan. The personal and political intertwine during Kamala Harris' speech.
I Cannot Live Without You
By Leonore Hildebrandt. An Inaugural ode to these United States of America, as she stands today.
I Spoke to Haywood’s Grandma
By Lea Page. "Instead of scripted lines, I say, 'If we work together, I think we can do this.'"
A RipRap Along the Rivers
By Jane Yolen. D.C.'s historic Black headstones were dumped in a faraway river. But injustice doesn't wash away that easily.
The Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC
By Bruce Robinson. Can this historic pool act as a mirror?
Torch the Empty Fields
By Mary Jo LoBello Jerome. Sometimes we should let the year burn. Sometimes it's burned us already.
