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Things I'm reading
March 4, 2026
We bombed a school. We cannot allow that fact to be erased or explained away.
Things I'm reading
March 1, 2026
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
Things I'm reading
February 27, 2026
White men, and the white women who support them, are THE problem
Things I'm reading
February 24, 2026
By ignoring the warnings of Black and immigrant organizers for years, we have failed our children.
Things I'm reading
February 21, 2026
The kids are alright
Things I'm reading
February 18, 2026
Stories, and the words that compose them, change the world.
Things I'm reading
February 14, 2026
What does poetry teach us about the rhymes of history?
Things I'm reading
February 11, 2026
When we fight we win. Sí, se puede!
Things I'm reading
February 7, 2026
"Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over and over again — this is too important to sit down and shut up and not do anything."
Things I'm reading
February 4, 2026
Any random parent doing school protection in Minnesota right now is a better leader than Jeffries and Schumer
Sometimes you just have to tell off the recruiter
February 3, 2026
Honestly, it's surprising it hasn't happened sooner.
Things I'm reading this week (yes, even more)
January 31, 2026
Same week, more horrors
Things I'm reading this week
January 30, 2026
Community building is the source of our strength
Things I'm reading this week
January 24, 2026
We can be winning, we can be losing, but without hope what do we have?
Public Square - Will Governor Sherrill hear voters?
January 23, 2026
Will Governor Sherrill learn from voters, or drive her failed re-election?
Things I'm reading this week
January 16, 2026
Some writing that's inspiring me this week that I think you should see too
Slave Patrols - My latest piece in Public Square
December 8, 2025
ICE are slave patrols, but the moral failure is worse, 200 years later.
News Poem in Public Square - Lifeguards of morality
August 20, 2025
Who can save when morality threatens to drown us?
Don't feed the trolls
August 17, 2025
It's not worth responding directly, but since many trolls share talking points, it's useful to give people facts
Why has starving children broken the dam? And how do we never go back?
August 9, 2025
Starvation is breaking through in a way that bombing and shooting children didn’t.
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