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Beast

Submitted by Sean R. Ongley The weight at the top is not as light as the spirit from the bottom whose plight never stops. A stranglehold is not a class problem. Education is a class problem. Ignorance causes men to kill men in defense of some unseen monster. The beast within you is you. It […]

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This Land is Your Land

A Reworking of Woody Guthrie’s Revered Folk Song Submitted Anonymously Eastern island to western redwood Muddy waters in between them This land was made for you and me He walked a ribbon of road Endless skyway above Golden valley below His footsteps stumbled On hot concrete All around him voices chanted This land was made […]

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Political Economy

3 Reforms to Make Corporate Personhood Okay

The fact is and shall continue that corporations are lawful people. I don’t agree with it, but that is how it is and there is not a lot of momentum to change that. After all, the law is time stamped with the rule of a century in legal cases in defense of corporations, branding them […]

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I Need Answers

Submission from Dizzy Wright A music video by Dizzy Wright featuring Nikkiya reverse the interrogation process and conveys a powerful message of police violence and the injustice suffered by African Americans everywhere as a result. I need answers.

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Dance

In Good Company at The Office with Mad Men

Mixing and mingling after the 60-something minute show, at downtown Vestas building on the third floor, I pause from devouring veggies, cheese, and wine for a moment to reflect, “I am in good company.” NW Dance Project’s audience comes off to me more friendly than the average crowd; folks are eager to chat me up […]