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In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”

Mississippi poet Philip Kolin traces the history of enslavement since 1619, this extract from his new book White Terror, Black Trauma (Third World Press).

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…”