Portside

The only African American woman to serve in the Spanish Civil War, nurse Salaria Kea fought racism all of her life.

The poet C. Liegh McInnis pays homage to the great African American activist, Robert Moses who led the campaign for civil rights in 1960s Mississippi and later the Algebra Project committed to education equality.

New Orleans poet William Miller shines a light on the hard times that afflict our working class and people on the run.

As the ice melts at the global poles, Texas poet Everett Cruz laments our leaders plead for their votes at the polls but ignore the results.

Mississippi poet Juliet Hinton writes of her dreams fulfilled, thanks to a good education.

War remains headline news, as ever, perhaps distracting public attention from the Big Bang, so says poet Gerry Sloan.

Peter Carroll’s visit to Perry, Iowa gives no warning of sudden violence that occurred there this week, except for feelings of despair that might afflict a troubled young man with nowhere to go.

Chicago poet Carol Kanter offers a poem of peace, an alternative to “rage…offense…”

Based on a true story, Lita Kurth exposes the risk and dangers of an all-night job.

Our poet Cassandra Bousquet pleads for the shrinking opportunities before us, reminding us that “the edge is not the end”—yet!