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

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.

There’s more than a little irony in Peter Carroll’s poem about a woman who has been imprisoned for over 20 years being “free to start over.”

Approaching the 3rd anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, the crisis of race relations remains contested ground, even in liberal states like Minnesota.

Thanksgiving Day is surely an American holiday, even for some subversives who defy the US government--at least on TV!

They say you can’t go home again, but the Supreme Court says otherwise. Peter Neil Carroll’s Before Roe offers a glimpse of “normal” from the bad old days.

Peter N Carroll asks: What can a private citizen do when one country invades another, say Russia into Kyiv? What are the choices of intervention?

For Pagans and other Non-Christians, the holiday spirit can mean helping the hungry and homeless, and remember to wear a mask.

By silent agreement, I watch two women—one white, one black—honor a personal transaction.

The denial of racism in education is hardly new, as poet Peter Neil Carroll presents the story of a Native American reformer.