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Road Sign on Interstate 5

Robert Peake
Poet Robert Peake asks us to consider what a road sign says about the lives and needs of migrants.

Fight Hunger and Make Food More Affordable.

Ralph Palladino Submitted by the author to Portside
Given today’s challenging economic landscape and recent federal policy rollbacks, publicly run food stores are a practical, common-sense idea worth pursuing.

Appalachia

Peter Neil Carroll
If you follow the speaker’s directions, you’ll be as lost as he is. Poet Peter Neil Carroll wonders what’s worth finding in this place that most Americans have forgotten.

Mavericks Without a Cause

Charlie Goldberg Dissent Magazine
The memoirs of John Fetterman and Joe Manchin offer revealing insights into two figures granted outsized importance by our broken political system.

6 Popular Foods That Came From the Military

Tony Dunnell historyfacts.com
Some foods created specifically for soldiers — or adopted and popularized by the military — have found their way from the ration pack to supermarket shelves across America.