Unpacking the Shirley Exception
“Surely there will be an exception for me” when draconian laws restricting liberty are passed. Don’t be so sure.
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Make No Plans
It’s now less than three weeks until the launch of Torch on November 1. One week later is the date of the midterm elections. With one of the two parties still...
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On This Day: The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Remembering the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, which took place on this day in 1968.
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Liberty Rights
Since the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade several weeks ago, my city has seen multiple demonstrations in defense of what was until...
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Tyrannies of Right and Left
A review off Margarita Engle’s new verse novel Your Heart, My Sky and a defense of democracy and human rights.
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
